Rocky’s Weekly Stock Picks

Written By Stout Theirish

This week we want to take a moment to discuss Knightscope. Do you love AI Robot Cops? Do you want automated law enforcement at a University near you? How about a mobile phone booth that can only dial 911? (Yes, it’s a thing).

Or maybe you want an automatic death machine that kills on sight after misidentifying a target?

Knightscope has made all these dreams, and more, a reality!

So here’s the scoop on the ''Scope, the Knightscope that is. They build robot cops, and are listed on NYSE as KSCP. Their stock is worth about $0.60/share. They are, however, one of the highest ranked AI Robot stocks, believe it or not. Furthermore, the company is offering bonds directly to the public!

With your bond investment, you get rewards at different tiers of investment! From Knightscope swag to Knightscope art, the more tens of thousands of dollars you give them, the cooler the gift! Plus, you can look forward to a 10% interest rate for the next 5 years!

So we’re pretty sure this is a hard pass, BUT, they are the highest ranked in their space. And we do like corporate bonds, which are far more likely to be repaid in the event of bankruptcy than common shares. On the other hand, you cannot purchase their bonds through Fidelity.

We’re not going to endorse this, but we’re not not endorsing it. Killer robots are just too cool to brush off! Now on to the actual stock picks.

  1. ARR - $16.21/share, ex-div 11/14, annualized yield at 29.61% ! This year we’re getting $0.40/month. Yeah okay, that math checks out. We’re not super thrilled with the price ever since the reverse split, but it is what it is.

    As with any REIT in the Rockydennis Presents portfolio, we ain’t never selling!


  2. IEP - $19.73/share, ex-div 11/16, annualized 21.02% yield. Right now we’re getting $1.00/quarter. Icahn is one of the best stocks we don’t own enough of. Despite being a ridiculously high yield, it is consistently high and the price stays stable. Here’s a copy/paste from Schwab.

    Icahn Enterprises L.P., through its subsidiaries, operates in investment, energy, automotive, food packaging, real estate, home fashion, and pharma businesses in the United States and Internationally.

  3. HIW - $17.99/share, ex-div 11/17, yield 11.13% paid quarterly in the amount of $0.50. We very much like this REIT. We like it so much that we don’t even mind having bought our original shares at nearly twice this price!


  4. AIRC - $29.78/share, ex-div 11/16, annualized yield 6.17%. All we know about this REIT is that they deal in residential apartments. We just wanted to expand our portfolio a bit, and the low yield suggests to us long-term stability; which is perfect for long-term buy & hold!

  5. CLSM - $19.76/share. We know practically nothing about this ETF, but it came up when we searched Schwab for “Cabana”. Here’s an edited copy/paste of their investments. Looks legit.

    CLSM
    Bonds

    • Government

      34.18%

    • Cash & Equivalents

      13.53%

    • Corporate

      26.52%

    • Derivative

      1.03%

    • Municipal

      0.28%

    • Securitized

      24.45%

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