by jlw61 » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 08:30:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TreeFarmer', 'H')ere is the real question that people on here seem to dance around a bit. What is a good place in which to put money so that I can profit from the coming run-up in oil prices? Do I go for oil company stocks, oil service company stocks, natural gas stocks, maybe an ETF like symbol "OIL" or what?
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I'm not too worried about maintaining financial wealth in the banks or stock as that can dissapear overnight. I'm putting it into things that have real value. Some of those things can be confiscated by decree, but most of it would not be considered valuable or worth the effort to try to steal in the eyes of the government.
For my money, I'm putting it into:
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Bicycles (electric and normal)
House improvements
Gardening, tools, seeds
Books
A new rifle
Metals (copper coated lead being the primary investment metal).
For my mind:
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Learning to garden and save seeds
Learning skills of the past
Keeping up with my employer's needs, for now
For my time:
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Whatever is needed to accomplish the above
Finishing my degree (3 classes left)
Getting to know the neighbors better
Talking to people willing to share ideas and listen to mine
Getting politically active on the local level
Now if I had read David Ramsey's book
The Total Money Makeover 20 years ago and was sitting on a wad instead of my remaining debt which is being paid ASAP, I'd do what most investment people say.
32% in cash equivalents (metal, stocks, bonds, etc)
32% in low to moderate risk
32% in moderate to higher risk vehicles
4% hidden in the mattress (my addition to the mix)
Every year adjusting the money made so that each piece is once again at it's proper percentile. I would also endever to make sure at least half of it could be liquidated and wired to my bank in short order.
Each peice is broken up into various vehicles of investment with proper stop-losses on the high risk ventures. There is no single safe place to put your money, IMHO. In these trying times, it's even more uncertain.
When somebody makes a statement you don't understand, don't tell him he's crazy. Ask him what he means. -- Otto Harkaman, Space Viking