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Come on now, just a small peek; what are ya hold'in these days?

edited November 2011 in Fund Discussions
Each week we list our holdings.

How about a peek at your mix?
Nothing more than cash, equity or bonds; %'s only. Just some rough numbers; not a M* breakdown.

Thank you,

Catch

CASH = 3.2%
Mixed bond funds = 88.7%
Equity funds = 8.1%

-Investment grade bond funds 26.8%
-Diversified bond funds 19.8%
-HY/HI bond funds 23.2%
-Total bond funds 14.6%
-Foreign EM/debt bond funds 4.3%
-U.S./Int'l equity/speciality funds 8.1%

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  • edited November 2011
    Here you go (from M* free Portfolio Allocator tool):

    Cash: 18.32
    U.S. Stocks: 34.07
    Foreign Stocks: 30.87
    Bonds: 10.31
    Other: 6.43
    Not Classified: 0.00
    I have 20-25 years to retire.
  • edited November 2011
    5 of the top 10 holdings (not saying which rankings): RIT Capital Partners (London investment trust), AQR Risk Parity (mutual fund), Pimco Commodity RR (mutual fund), Jardine Matheson (foreign stock), Marketfield (mutual fund).

    Edited to add: some additional random positions: Mutual Hedge Frontier Legends (mutual fund), Janus Overseas (mutual fund), Greenlight RE (stock), AQR Managed Futures (mutual fund), Salient MLP Energy and Infrastructure (closed end fund)
  • edited November 2011
    12% N. America stock
    2% Europe stock
    8% Asia-Oz-Lat. Amer. stock
    3% highest-beta bond & commodities
    15% core-plus bond
    40% core bond, including ~15% munis
    10% short-term bond
    10% sideline cash, available for investment

    Largest stock positions are in Arivx, the stock portion of Vwinx, Vdc (etf), Mapix, Macsx, Prblx, and a 401k S&P 500 index. Largest bond positions are in Dlfnx, Dbltx, Tgcfx, Vwiux, and a 401k total U.S. bond index.

    I'm not counting a moderate stash of emergency cash.

    Cheers, AJ

    Edit: to clarify, I'm on a fairly steep slide toward "retirement," which in my case means what I've been doing for work is (a) largely going away and (b) paying next to nothing anymore. So, the plan is to continue slumming about for small shots of work income, basically as long as I inhabit the surface of this blue-green planet.



  • Thanks Catch... your inquiry prompted me to update my overall portfolio through TR Price's free link to M*...I didn't realize I was so conservative. Cash is in the form of Munis (USATX) (taxable acct). Bonds and Stocks are part of Roth and Self Directed IRAs

    Here's the break down:
    Cash 19.64
    U.S.Stocks 25.89
    Foreign Stocks 20.52
    Bonds 34.26

    Top ten holdings:

    USATX USAA Tax Exempt Muni National Interm
    PRPFX Permanent Portfolio
    TGBAX Templeton Global World Bond
    FAIRX Fairholme
    PRMTX T. Rowe Price Media
    PONDX PIMCO Income D
    CSRSX Cohen & Steers Real Estate
    PCCRX PIMCO Commodity Real Return
    VGPMX Vanguard Precious Metals
    VDE Vanguard Energy ETF
  • We're retired and are holding more cash than we want due to market uncertainties both here (will the super committee punt) and in Europe.

    Cash 26%
    US Equity 36%
    Foreign Equity 10%
    Bonds 25.4%
    Other 2.5

    Top ten:
    VTSMX Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Index
    PRPFX Permanent Portfolio
    VWINX Vanguard Wellesley Inc
    VFIIX Vanguard GNMA
    FVALX Forester Value
    WEFIX Weitz Short-Int
    VIG Vanguard Dividend APP
    YACKX Yacktman
    DOGFX Dodge & Cox International
    SNGVX Sit US Gov't

    Perhaps in early December we'll be moving stuff around again. Until then, we'll just keep hiding in the weeds.



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