No $'s, just holdings, %'s are fine. Me:
Bought to hold (20+ years):
YHOO
EBAY
SBUX
AAPL
EWC
EWJ
2012 expiration options:
COP
Speculative:
GLD
SLV
BEARX
and small fresh put positions on
QQQQ
FAST
LOW
and the rest, about 1/3 of worth, in HSBC 4.75% US$ savings looking for a home
I'd like to see some other portfolios. Still looking for great ideas. I'll be buying more YHOO and EBAY buy to hold, and possibly moving some $ back to Euros, although I think with the fed continuing to raise the dollar should be ok short term. Thinking of opening up puts on HD and others that'll be trimmed due to consumer spending meltdown to come.
May 30, 2006
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Had 5% of of my cash in YHOO. Sold a week ago at break even.
Have approx 40% of my cash in physical gold and silver.. down 5%.
I'm considering adding gld and slvr slowly with time... watching the dollar closely. I'm looking for ways to preserve wealth more than investment at this time. I feel nothing is safe including PMs. Any ideas?
when is the fed's next meeting?
Keith,
Check out the Canadian Oil and Gas
Royalties HTE, PTF, and CNE. I own all 3.
All pay monthly dividends in Canadian Dollars. For me they are plays on higher energy prices as well as a play on the Canadian Dollar. They have done well for me the last 3 years.
ALso own some GLD and SLV. For me these long term inflation-insurance.
Not speculative at all.
Also own a chunk of US$ Treasury Bills. No state taxes.
For stocks, I prefer GDX the next 18 months.
Do your own due diligence. Just sharing.
- Happy SF Renter.
20% VGPMX (Vanguard precious metals)
20% PSPFX (Natural resources/energy)
20% Speculative miners & general hedges (Usually S&P puts to cover market risk)
20% Basket of commodities
20% Bullion (Not paper)
Another holder of bullion (not paper). Silver. And preparing for the currency collapse and considering Gold and handguns, too, for my wife and I. A good sheeple always diversifies.
YHOO? Keep sleeping, my sheeple. Uncle Sugar is your friend. Buy your failure to deliver (FTD) derivative counterfeit stock on Ameritrade.
2008 Puts on
CTX
KBH
LEN
DHI
BZH
Most bought in January. All are green with the CTX puts up over 100% so far.
Much more of a fall to go.
Keith..
I'm not sure about your YHOO, EBAY play. Also very doubtful of your AAPL play. Think that AAPL will head to 50s in short term. If you're a long-term player, then you don't mind the down turns on these holdings.
I'm not an investor and will never consider myself one, unless I start a business that has physical inventory. Since I buy and sell stocks, I consider myself a trader.
I saw the housing tsunami coming and I took advantage of it by shorting home builders -- RYL, NVR, MTH, HOV, CTX. Went long on gold by buying physical gold and gold mining stocks such as GG and went long on paladium. Went long on energy such as oil -- VLO, PTR, STO.
Also it is not a bad idea to go short on the DOW and NASDAQ.. as the next bear cycle will hit stocks in the near future.
I'm bullish on big pharma. There's an enormous group of people about to stop worrying about their next tummy tuck.
They are about to start whining about their arthritis, glaucoma (although smoking pot heads that off, so perhaps not), their osteoporosis, and their alzheimers.
The FB federal government is willing to pick up the tab for all of this. Additionally these people's kids are unwholesomely obese, leading to record levels of childhood-onset diabetes. Healthcare (for amputees and dialysis) and wonder drugs are going to the moon baby!
I'm likewise bullish on energy stocks, especially producers.
I'm bearish on the dollar and even more bearish on all other fiat currencies, with the possible exception of the Ruble. Russia has an account surplus and they aren't export dependent on anything but oil. Currently:
BEARX
SLV
GLD
WMB
GSK
Cash 80%
TOL Toll Brothers = 100%
GE
RNWK
INSM
Jerkstore
Goldmoney.com founder sees gold price rising up
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Flaws in the dollar are going to move the price of gold higher, said James Turk, the founder of Goldmoney.com, in an interview in Barron's magazine.
"There are problems with the dollar, and that's being reflected in a higher gold price," Turk said. "I still fear we are going to see a panic in the dollar at some point."
Turk said the rise of protectionism in the United States has unsettled wealthy international investors.
The price of gold is "going much higher," and the $8,000 per ounce forecast he made a couple of years ago is "probably as good a target as any," Turk said. A near-term spike to $2,000 is possible, he added.
The price of gold will never again go below $500 an ounce, Turk said.
The U.S. government is trying to fund the federal budget deficit without destroying the dollar and trying to raise interest rates to save the dollar without destroying the economy, he said.
"I don't think they can do it," he said.
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From another thread here:
$1,100,000 in gold mining companies trading account (positions taken in 2002 - very volatile)
$750,000 in PM mutual funds (retirement)
$200,000 in TIPS (retirement)
100+oz Au
bunch of silver
$300,000 mobile home paper (75% ownership)
$600,000 6-plex (cap rate ~11; 50% ownership)
I'm a bit pissed because the miners are lagging physical gold on the last ride up. Usually it's the other way around.
Got some bullion but had Yamana YRI and Silver Wheaton SLW and haven't done too shit hot. Also buying Canadian oil field services companies (suspicious of bullshit numbers from producer's reserves quotes) which seems to be doing well.
Own a house in centre of oilsands country in Alberta bought in 2000. Up 70%, probably one of the few safe real estate areas but it's hell living in a boom town. Impossible to buy building supplies or get labourers. Foreign workers coming in can't get housing; even hotels are full everywhere.
(I'm probably an anomoly among the general trend on housing)
My purfect inflation/deflation hedge
Inflation hedge 40%
Novagold(ng), Silverstandart(ssri), Chariot ressources, Fording coal trust (fdg) ,krugerrands,silverbars
Deflation hedge 30%
In the money leap puts on the folllowing us stocks(already huge gains) :
hombuilders
WCI
TOL
DHI
JOE
banks:
FED
LEND
CORS
and of course our favorite FNM
30% cash generating part
pembina pipeline income trust
great lakes hydro
3-months CD
My biggest holding is RRPIX, but I'm going to start trimming soon after this year's nice runup and pick up some BEARX. I also have some exposure to the bankruptcy industry (FCN, PRAA, ASFI) as well as non US telecom dividend plays. Also long homeland security stocks and YSI, which have been floundering. Started buying 6 month CDs when rates rose above 5% and will put a bit into tax liens by the end of the year.
short: (homebuilders)
BZH
PHM
JOE
long:
CNE (Canadian oil trust)
CCJ (uranium)
CELG (biotech)
FCX (mining)
FRG (speculative mining)
GG (goldmining)
GLD (gold)
MGAFF (speculative uranium)
TNT (russian oil)
funds:
FFHRX -- short term high income
FUSFX -- very short term bond
AFBIX -- bets on increasing corporate/treasury bond spread, i.e. deterioration in credit quality as recession starts.
I got BEARX, shorting homebuilders since March, and some gold. My 401K is in a stable value fund that earns 5%/yr. I'm in 95% defensive mode right now
I've been shorting TOL (good return) and bought GLD (down 2%) about a month ago. Also bought some TOL puts to pile on. I actually hold a few notes against some real estate, but fortunately those are against properties in Wisconsin....those are in 1st position at 60% of (current) market value.
laura,
Don't short... too risky in an environment where data is so often manipulated. Study options strategies and then buy Jan 07 puts, limit risk.
mutual funds: 35%
OAKBX
long: 45%
ABX ARTNA AVP GLD KO PFE PHO XLE WWY EBAY
hedge: 9%
RYL Jan 08 $95 puts
LEND Jan 08 $70 puts
cash: 11%
Long 2 Nymex Dec 2010 $100 Crude calls @ $2.55 & $3.45...
(Total cost $6k)
Kind of a shit-storm hedge for me.
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