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re: What is your largest single holding?
Posted on 6/21/14 at 10:23 pm to bayoubengals88
Posted on 6/21/14 at 10:23 pm to bayoubengals88
The advantage of stocks is higher risk for higher gains.
If you want a regular income, you should be in some type of bonds anyway.
That said, I don't own stocks, electing to focus my money (for now) on funds and etfs.
My largest holding is Vanguard Equity Income (VEIPX)
If you want a regular income, you should be in some type of bonds anyway.
That said, I don't own stocks, electing to focus my money (for now) on funds and etfs.
My largest holding is Vanguard Equity Income (VEIPX)
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Posted on 6/22/14 at 6:00 am to Volvagia
usnqx fund/ BA Boeing.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 3:17 pm to LSURussian
AAPL
Posted on 6/22/14 at 3:20 pm to nelatf
Ok, I'll go ahead and say it... 1,400 shares of PAL 
and 51 shares of VGSTX for the Roth.
and 51 shares of VGSTX for the Roth.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 5:06 pm to bayoubengals88
ive been holding about 1000 shares of ICPT since december
This post was edited on 6/22/14 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:24 pm to nelatf
I only own mutual funds and my largest single holding as of this month is VDADX with 633.960 shares.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:06 pm to nelatf
POAGX
Posted on 6/24/14 at 10:42 am to Volvagia
quote:
The advantage of stocks is higher risk for higher gains.
False.
It's just higher risk for higher risk. You are confusing volatility with returns.
Even the best hedge in the world will admit that they only occasionally try find alpha in the blue chips. Inferring that you can generate any material long term alpha in blue chips is just dumb.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 11:43 am to TheHiddenFlask
quote:
Inferring that you can generate any material long term alpha in blue chips is just dumb.
Like Bernie Madoff dumb....
My largest is VINIX
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:43 am to nelatf
Stock - TSLA
Fund - VTSAX
Fund - VTSAX
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:49 am to Cdawg
quote:
EPD
I've been in EPD for years.. They've made a lot of money for me. I wish I had a lot more of me.. They never seem to have a big pull back for me to buy more.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:51 am to nelatf
Stock - TSLA
Fund - VTSAX
Fund - VTSAX
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:53 am to jso0003
for traded items its SPY. But overall, its a minority holding in a LLC.
eta: I am surprised I am the only one with SPY as the top holding. Its the largest ETF in the world, I figure it would be other people's top too. I guess most people have the bulk of their money in work 401ks, thus all the vanguard.
eta: I am surprised I am the only one with SPY as the top holding. Its the largest ETF in the world, I figure it would be other people's top too. I guess most people have the bulk of their money in work 401ks, thus all the vanguard.
This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 5:41 pm to Hawkeye95
I'm only 24 but I've been investing since I was 14.
I own 380 shares of Tesla bought under 40 a share
Also bought 1000 shares of BAC at 7
I own 380 shares of Tesla bought under 40 a share
Also bought 1000 shares of BAC at 7
This post was edited on 6/28/14 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 6/27/14 at 7:39 pm to GeauxZone90
FRFHF. My next largest would be the combination of PCL, ACAZF, RYN, and PCH.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 4:20 pm to GeauxZone90
Nice, I'm 22 and just haven't dedicated the time and effort into understanding it all. Now that I have a job and some amount of savings I'm trying to process everything. Good for you starting so early.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 4:42 pm to LSUShock
My biggest holding is cam, followed by nov and bte. Not much movement on bte, but love the monthly dividend.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 7:08 pm to TJG210
I don't hold many stocks. I don't think I can pick a bunch. I think owning a bunch of stocks is more risky than owning a few well researched ones.
I am more of a value investor than a growth investor.
Over the years I have made some good and bad picks of course.
Some of my best were PMI during the last years of the Clinton administration. I held it till the crash in 08 and it was very good to me. I only sold it to have cash to buy the bargains the crash created--notably Capital One which was clobbered in the collapse to a huge discount to book. Did well on it too.
Got clobbered on AA. I was right in my thinking but my timing was terrible. Aluminum was the only commodity that was not soaring as the fed printed money and I bought in at $16. A discount to book. The Chinese just kept making the stuff and the price of aluminum kept going down. I held it at $8 for a year or so before giving up. It's back to $15 now.
I own WRB now. It is an insurance company that does not have a lot of exposure to traditional property. Over the years it has returned about 12% but had some hard years after the crash and the low interest rates have kept their investment income down. They have a conservative balance sheet and have managed some nice increases in margin on some of the key insurance markets. I own it at around $38 and it is $45 now. Their investment portfolio is relatively short term so I expect as interest rates rise their returns will rise. Also they have to mark their portfolio to market even though they generally hold such short-term bonds to maturity. Because of that I believe their balance sheet book value to be a little understated. Management owns a lot of stock and they are buying back stock.
I am over 50% in cash now because I can't find any good bargains.
I am looking at CLD. It is a coal company. The entire industry has been clobbered under Obama. The slowdown in the Chinese economy has also hurt prices. CLD has a good balance sheet and is well positioned in the Powder River Basin. There have been a couple of bankruptcies already in the coal business but CLD will weather the storm and stands to profit very nicely on any price increase. I like these commodity companies after they have been through a few years of low prices because they generally cut their cost a lot when prices are thin and as the price increases their marginal profits are much better than before.
I like Barrons and Value Line for stock research. I ignore the Value Line rating but I really like how they present historical data and analysis.
XOM is a very good stock BTW and those of you that hold it know that.
I am more of a value investor than a growth investor.
Over the years I have made some good and bad picks of course.
Some of my best were PMI during the last years of the Clinton administration. I held it till the crash in 08 and it was very good to me. I only sold it to have cash to buy the bargains the crash created--notably Capital One which was clobbered in the collapse to a huge discount to book. Did well on it too.
Got clobbered on AA. I was right in my thinking but my timing was terrible. Aluminum was the only commodity that was not soaring as the fed printed money and I bought in at $16. A discount to book. The Chinese just kept making the stuff and the price of aluminum kept going down. I held it at $8 for a year or so before giving up. It's back to $15 now.
I own WRB now. It is an insurance company that does not have a lot of exposure to traditional property. Over the years it has returned about 12% but had some hard years after the crash and the low interest rates have kept their investment income down. They have a conservative balance sheet and have managed some nice increases in margin on some of the key insurance markets. I own it at around $38 and it is $45 now. Their investment portfolio is relatively short term so I expect as interest rates rise their returns will rise. Also they have to mark their portfolio to market even though they generally hold such short-term bonds to maturity. Because of that I believe their balance sheet book value to be a little understated. Management owns a lot of stock and they are buying back stock.
I am over 50% in cash now because I can't find any good bargains.
I am looking at CLD. It is a coal company. The entire industry has been clobbered under Obama. The slowdown in the Chinese economy has also hurt prices. CLD has a good balance sheet and is well positioned in the Powder River Basin. There have been a couple of bankruptcies already in the coal business but CLD will weather the storm and stands to profit very nicely on any price increase. I like these commodity companies after they have been through a few years of low prices because they generally cut their cost a lot when prices are thin and as the price increases their marginal profits are much better than before.
I like Barrons and Value Line for stock research. I ignore the Value Line rating but I really like how they present historical data and analysis.
XOM is a very good stock BTW and those of you that hold it know that.
This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 6/29/14 at 9:51 pm to I B Freeman
Thanks for the detailed explanation 
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