[JBinKC]

45 % oil and gas stocks
20% metals stocks (3/4 industrial 1/4 precious)
15% cash
10% agricultural stocks(fertilizers and food producers)
5% energy technology stocks (solar superconductors)
5% other sectors foreign telecom and banking


65% of my portfolio (including cash) is a foreign company



This is excluding my bug out residence and raw land investments (fully paid for).

[patience]

Seeking to understand your view on this, MMasters, how do you see the money being routed? What I've read said the Central bank's "slosh", or, loaned short term funds, are barely enough to keep the financials' nose above water, and are being held to meet reserve requirements as investment assets go bad.

The problem then is a lack of ability of the CB's to get the money loaned out to consumers to spend and stimulate trade, etc.

Do you then see a routing to some point, such as commodities, gold? My "porfolio" is cash, headed for hard goods, 95%. The balance is operating money. I would change my mix if I see the situation differently.

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seahorse', 'H')i Evilgenius,

I've been trying to find some high yielding food stocks and some growing companies. Do you mind giving me some names of companies or trade symbols?

Thanks

[pup55]

In 401K:
Federal Bond Funds 33%
International mutual funds 33%
other 33%

Out of 401K:
bank CD's in FDIC insured local banks 33%
Energy mutual funds 33%
Real Estate/Residential and other unknown probably about 33%
garage sale bikes $10

Liabilities:
mortgage: approximately 25% of the above real estate value

When everything bottoms out, I will move the federal bond stuff into something that will make money, and cash the CD's and do the same thing.

[mmasters]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('patience', 'S')eeking to understand your view on this, MMasters, how do you see the money being routed? What I've read said the Central bank's "slosh", or, loaned short term funds, are barely enough to keep the financials' nose above water, and are being held to meet reserve requirements as investment assets go bad.

The problem then is a lack of ability of the CB's to get the money loaned out to consumers to spend and stimulate trade, etc.

Do you then see a routing to some point, such as commodities, gold? My "porfolio" is cash, headed for hard goods, 95%. The balance is operating money. I would change my mix if I see the situation differently.

[topcat]

Small & mid-cap funds = 5%
Large-cap fund = 5%
International/Emerging funds = 10%
Bond funds = 18%
PM explorers & producers = 20%
Cash/money markets/CD's = 36%
PM's = 6%

[patience]

MMasters, Okay, then the plan is to bubble up housing, let the bubble implode, and liquidate the credit shackled consumer, confiscate the assets. Later, inflate again, rinse, repeat...

I think I like my hard commodities. This is a retirement thing for us po' folks. Not in the markets, as a trader, this is just CYA as the financial world burns. We're spending on stuff for our own use, cutting energy needs to the bone, solar heat and electric, wood heat, greenhouse, garden, and a farm repair shop biz. Maybe buy a bigger stock of steel for the shop soon. Scrap is back up to $190/ton, a good indicator of price increases coming. Thanks!

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('patience', 'M')Masters, Okay, then the plan is to bubble up housing, let the bubble implode, and liquidate the credit shackled consumer, confiscate the assets. Later, inflate again, rinse, repeat...

I think I like my hard commodities. This is a retirement thing for us po' folks. Not in the markets, as a trader, this is just CYA as the financial world burns. We're spending on stuff for our own use, cutting energy needs to the bone, solar heat and electric, wood heat, greenhouse, garden, and a farm repair shop biz. Maybe buy a bigger stock of steel for the shop soon. Scrap is back up to $190/ton, a good indicator of price increases coming. Thanks!

[Starvid]

1/3 in oil and gas, mainly the supermajors. One driller and one US nuclear power utility.

1/3 in global and Swedish stocks, both in the form of funds and direct stock holding (the Swedish stocks have gone to Hell, but well, I don't need the money soon so it doesn't really matter).

1/3 in bonds and defensive hedge funds.

[eastbay]

We had a group laugh in the house at that hilarious cartoon Starvid!!

Great find!!

On that note, sometimes I think all the care we take in preparation will only offer us a few months, maybe a bit more, head start on the mob.

Maybe a few months is all we'll need...

[cube]

Woah so many diversified portfolios, I guess mine is going to look very out of place:

20%....................cash savings (US dollars)
80%...................."trading" commodity futures contracts

[mattduke]

energy equities ETF
energy futures ETF
precious metals mining ETF
physical precious metals bullion
offshore precious metals bullion
alternative energy equities ETF
agriculture equities ETF
agriculture futures ETF
water equities ETF

assorted individual picks in nuclear, pm, oil, tar sands

[drew]

Sold the CEF.A, bought more BCE

Now near 50% Canadian dollars.

Drew

[shakespear1]

50% in BPZ Oil
5% GLD
5% DBA
25% Vestas
15% CAMCO (driving me nuts)

[MrBill]

I love that cartoon, Starvid. I was looking around trying to find it again. Thanks for re-posting it! ; - )

I am so lazy I don't even keep track of my portfolio. Just off the top of my head I own mainly euros, Canadian dollars and Sterling - about two thirds - as opposed to one third US dollars. Most of that is in cash or time deposits. I am afraid of inflation, but I am more afraid of high asset prices.

I have owned several mutual funds since the 90s. One is a Canadian oil & gas fund. Another is an Asian growth fund. Both have done very well, but I am not adding anything new to those positions. Just let them run.

My core trading position is mainly in integrated oil & gas companies as well as oilfield services. However, I took profit on many of those late last summer/early fall. Ditto for my DAX companies. Some of those companies had an excellent run in 2007, so I locked-in some profits and took some money off the table. My current trading position is less than one-third of what it was.

I am now planning to selectively start buying some battered down financial stocks that have lost up to 50% of their share value in the past year. They now look quite cheap and may lead the next rally. However, I am taking only half-bets. So that I can be a scale down buyer if need be. The lesson I learned after the dot com bust was that stocks can always go lower even if they are down 75-90% already! ; - )

The rest is in farmland and real-estate. Also long-term purchases that I hope to add to eventually with more rental units. I made the mistake of selling too early in London and then got locked-out of the property market after 2001. That was a big mistake as central banks dropped rates and the governments stimulated the economy. The rest was asset price inflation history.

However, I either pay for everything cash or I pay it off quickly. I paid off about 60% of my apartment I bought last year already. I will pay the rest off this spring. I hate debt!

I will not short anything. Too risky. Undermining governments and second guessing central banks is fun in the FX markets, but shorting equity is dangerous because TPTB are actively planning to support the very markets that desperately need to correct lower to their real value. And they can stay solvent longer than I can. They can even use my own taxes for their nefarious plans! B@$t@Rd$!!

But my most important investment has been in my education, life-long learning, eating healthy, staying in shape and enjoying my life! Have a great weekend! ; - )

[mkwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'c')ommercial real estate holding company........................... 80%
Canadian cash...................................................................13.%
gold................................................................................... 7%

Am increasing gold to 15%, and reducing cash by 8% next week.

[Starvid]

I've been worrying a bit about the supermajors, the intergrateds.

What if higher oil prices just result in host governments pocketing all the increased revenue either because of current production sharing agreements or through plain stealing?

What if governments feel they don't need the supermajors anymore, that they can get all the help they need from the service companies?

Any thoughts?

MrBill, someone else?

[MrBill]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'I')'ve been worrying a bit about the supermajors, the intergrateds.

What if higher oil prices just result in host governments pocketing all the increased revenue either because of current production sharing agreements or through plain stealing?

What if governments feel they don't need the supermajors anymore, that they can get all the help they need from the service companies?

Any thoughts?

MrBill, someone else?

[drew]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mkwin', '
')My god threadbear what are you doing with all your money in real estate?

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mkwin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'c')ommercial real estate holding company........................... 80%
Canadian cash...................................................................13.%
gold................................................................................... 7%

Am increasing gold to 15%, and reducing cash by 8% next week.