What Do We Think of QLDY?

Obviously the twice-a-week distribution is gimmicky as hell. And the 40%+ distribution is too high to not suffer from NAV erosion. But if you look at the Total Return chart for the past year, it's actually beating SPY, so...

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u/BrandenWi — 7 days ago
▲ 75 r/Koi

Trying to get the fish to hold still long enough to frame up the shot...

u/BrandenWi — 19 days ago

Do We Think There's Any Hope For ULTY?

Opened a position in ULTY in June 2025, built it up over the following couple months. Cost basis, adjusted for reverse split, was $62.31.

My break even price, accounting for all distributions received, is currently $26.51. Current share price is $25.75. Have received over $41,000 in distributions during that time, but the NAV has fallen even faster.

I know perfectly well that I should have pulled the plug long ago. Obviously I didn't. Do we think there's any hope for ULTY to recover to some manner of profitability? Or is it just a lost cause?

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u/BrandenWi — 27 days ago

Troubleshooting Network Connection

I'm about a month into my HomePower 3600 Plus. Finally got around to downloading the App and trying to get everything all connected.

I say "trying" because getting it connected to the WiFi is proving to be quite problematic. I can connect via Bluetooth just fine, but when I go to join it to my WiFi network, it will say the credentials are invalid. Or it will get to 99% on the progress bar and then freeze. Or it will claim to have connected and then drop within a minute. Or it will connect and stay that way for an hour or so, then the App will lose the ability to talk to it.

I've power cycled my home network. I'm using a 3-node Mesh WiFi, and the Jackery detects two copies of my network (unless I power off the two extra mesh nodes) but won't reliably connect to either. My phone sees full bars on the WiFi signal when in the same place as the Jackery.

Anyone else had similar problems?

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u/BrandenWi — 2 months ago

Is There Any Way To Rescue a Lightning Build This Season?

I've read about how hard Lightning got nerfed. I'm in Torment X, and struggling to kill much of anything. My wife swaggers over with her Druid, and everything just falls over dead. Anything I can do 5o salvage this?

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u/BrandenWi — 3 months ago

Why Are the Fund-of-Funds Issues All So Bad?

I own about 30 separate holdings in the high yield space. Went through and did a rebalance today, and sold everything with a negative YTD Total Return. Which is to say, YMAX, TOPW, and MAGY. This after dumping GIF a couple months ago.

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u/BrandenWi — 3 months ago
▲ 145 r/Koi

Heh

Pretty funny, in that "Go away, you asshole" kind of way. Pond is netted, so the threat to my fish is (theoretically) minimal.

u/BrandenWi — 3 months ago

Troubleshooting 3600 Plus Charge from Goal Zero Boulders

My GZ Yeti failed, their support was being unhelpful, so I decided to roll the dice on a Prime Day deal on a Jackery 3600 Plus.

I'm running three Goal Zero Boulder 200 panels, for a maximum (theoretical) output of 600w. Plugged into my Jackery when it arrived today, and it's showing me an incoming charge of 240w.

I'm running the three panels into a 4-to-1 HPP (parallel?) Cable, then to a 25ft HPP extension cable, then to a HPP to DC7909 adapter, then to a DC7909 to DC8020 into the Jackery.

I know i lose efficiency every time i go through an adapter. GZ does their HPP stacked vertically instead of horizontal, and I couldn't find a direct conversation cable from the vertical to a DC8020. The placement of the panels and the Jackery means I can't lose the 25ft extender.

Is 240w a reasonable number? Or is something wrong? I disconnected one of the three panels, and the input dropped to 160w. So I'm getting about 80w off each 200w panel.

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u/BrandenWi — 4 months ago
▲ 21 r/Koi

Algae Bloom

The summer algae bloom is getting out of control again. It's looking like a DC National Monument up in here. I'm suspecting sabotage by the local Antifa chapter.

u/BrandenWi — 4 months ago

Relic Pick for Nuker

I use Ronda as my primary Arena nuker (yes, your judgment is noted). Trying to get her Round 1 AoE nuke to hit as hard as possible.

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To that end, what Relic should I be looking at? I have a Cat's Gaze, a Stormcaller, and a Covetous Passion.

u/BrandenWi — 4 months ago

Charge From My Goal Zero Boulder 200's?

I have a Goal Zero Yeti 1500x that has a system failure and will no longer accept any charge aside from a USB-C trickle charge. The amount of run-around I've been getting from Goal Zero support has reached the point that I'm giving serious consideration to just writing off the unit, and getting a Jackery in the 3000-4000 watt hour range.

The main thing stopping me is that I have 800 watts of Goal Zero Boulder 200 panels, that I would hate to have become useless because they're not compatible to charge a Jackery. Is there an adapter that someone can point me to?

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u/BrandenWi — 4 months ago

What Is Up With YSPY

Distributions had been steady in the 0.14 range, then dropped to .07, then two weeks in a row of .05. Any idea what's happening?

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u/BrandenWi — 4 months ago

Tal Rasha Charm Set

The two piece set bonus casts a Mastery skill on inflicting damage... is that cast enhanced by points put into the Mastery section of your skill tree? Or is it just a flat cast, regardless of if I have Blizzard buffed out or not?

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u/BrandenWi — 5 months ago
▲ 13 r/ventura

What's Your Go-To Meat Market?

Recently moved from Simi to Ventura. Seeking someplace on par with Green Acres.

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u/BrandenWi — 5 months ago