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# August 2026: IQ Score becomes portfolio-first
- URL: https://incomequalityscore.com/august-2026-iq-score-becomes-portfolio-first/
- Published: 2026-08-31T18:13:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-31T18:13:07.000Z
- Author: Joost Rijlaarsdam

Hey!  
  
This month, IQ Score took a big step from a scoring tool toward a portfolio-first research platform.   
  
Connect your broker, see the quality of the income assets you already own, discover Friends you may be missing, and track what changed this month.

[Connect your broker](https://incomequalityscore.com/my-tickers/)

**Connect your Broker.**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/65/f3/65f307d5-6a16-4ee5-a26a-62b58220b526/content/images/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-15.57.06.png)

Connect your Broker accounts

Link your broker and your holdings are imported automatically. You're notified when the import is ready, and your portfolio refreshes on a schedule — so positions you've sold drop out on their own. The directory currently lists more than 30 supported brokers. Manual portfolios keep working exactly as before.

**A rebuilt My Tickers.**   
  
My Tickers is now your portfolio dashboard.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/65/f3/65f307d5-6a16-4ee5-a26a-62b58220b526/content/images/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-31-17.37.23-1.png)

Manual portfolios, watchlists and connected broker accounts now sit side by side in one portfolio-first dashboard: Friend / Question Mark / Foe breakdown, filters and sorting, Change, Forward Yield, Cost Basis and P&L, detail panels, a proper mobile view, and a "Last synced" indicator.

**Portfolio IQ Score.** 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/65/f3/65f307d5-6a16-4ee5-a26a-62b58220b526/content/images/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-15.49.11-1.png)

One cost-basis-weighted quality score for a single account or all accounts combined — with coverage, the change over the past month, and how your capital is spread across Friends, Question Marks, Foes and Unscored positions.

**Missing Friends.** 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/65/f3/65f307d5-6a16-4ee5-a26a-62b58220b526/content/images/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-31-17.22.26.png)

Per broker account, see which Friends from the available universe you don't hold yet. Search, filter, sort, inspect, and add anything interesting to a watchlist.

**More asset classes. Better scoring models.** 

BDC vNext is now live, with scoring built specifically for business development companies rather than adapting a generic model. REIT vNext is live as well, and Income ETFs have returned on a controlled universe. Together, these changes substantially broaden IQ Score coverage while making the underlying methodology more asset-specific.

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## Also new  

- Forward Yield added to IQ Score Lists
- A Monthly Movers view
- Monthly Movers notifications — upgrades, downgrades & removals

**See it in your own portfolio.**

[Open My Tickers](https://incomequalityscore.com/my-tickers/)