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02-12-2009 , 08:52 PM

NajdorfDefense

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investable Asset Allocation:
Cash
Bonds
Equities
RE direct [not REITs]
Commod/other

Feel free to give an Int'l % as well. Explanations of why not required, but always interesting.

I'll start, but mine is ever-changing:

37% cash.
10% high-yield bonds
65% long stox
15% short stox
3% net long commodities.

I intend to get longer stocks over the next 6-9 months, and I began that process this week.

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02-12-2009 , 09:59 PM

dopp16

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Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,088

28% Large Cap Value
25% Small Cap Value
15% Emerging Markets
20% International Large Cap
5% Real Estate
4% Intermediate Bonds
4% Cash

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02-12-2009 , 10:42 PM

Innocent Kitty

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5% Cash
95% RE

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02-12-2009 , 11:43 PM

BrunoThePug

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Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,051

My IRA is:

52% Equities
35% Broad Commodities
12% Cash

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02-12-2009 , 11:46 PM

AlbertoKnox

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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,676

70% Cash
25% Gold
5% Silver

I intend to buy some more silver with cash. Physical, long term obv.

Since I'm fairly poor I can't be making too big of a mistake. :-)

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02-13-2009 , 01:27 AM

LT7

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,735

Cash - 30% (Looking to get some exposure to high-yield bonds and selective cds)

Long stocks - 70%

China mostly, currently about 80% China but moving towards ~ 40% US / 60 China as I think the US is turning the corner Q4 this year.

Fundamentally, I like chinese bluechips a lot - the demographics are insane and the companies are well run. The CCP can keep growth at 8% (bar this blip) and the underlying is rmb which is probably appreciating going forward. Anything well-run and well-connected (i.e. less fraud risk) is still kinda risky but value + growth imo.

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02-13-2009 , 02:50 AM

Wizard of Raise

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80% silver
20% cash

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02-13-2009 , 05:44 PM

inf0wars

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there's a couple things i didnt include in here but this is ballpark:

16% cash
45% silver
15% platinum
4% gold
10% real estate
7% agriculture

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02-13-2009 , 05:56 PM

Max H

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Cash 80%
Various options 20%, no option exceeds 2% of total assets when purchased, most less.

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02-13-2009 , 05:58 PM

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wiseheart

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,923

50% Premium Money market (does this go with cash? it isn't immediately accessible, but close to)
40% Cash
5% Large-Cap equities
4% SKF (Financials Short)
1% Micro-cap equities

I'd really like to be less cash, but haven't decided on where. Probably more shorts or real estate since I should be able to apply for the first-time homebuyer's tax-credit in this stimulus bill.

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02-13-2009 , 05:58 PM

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Yowserrrs

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Originally Posted by Max H

Cash 80%
Various options 20%, no option exceeds 2% of total assets when purchased, most less.

Have you considered selling naked options too?

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02-13-2009 , 06:06 PM

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skindog

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Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 918

Long stock 74%
Short options 11%
Cash 37%

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02-13-2009 , 06:19 PM

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The once and future king

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,585

Guns 20%
Medical Supplies 20%
Food 40%
Gold 10%
Tobacco and Alcohol 9%
Cash 1%

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02-13-2009 , 06:46 PM

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Max H

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Originally Posted by Yowserrrs

Have you considered selling naked options too?

Only briefly. I am not interested in buying stocks or incurring potentially unlimited losses.

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02-13-2009 , 09:34 PM

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DcifrThs

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Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 15,812

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Originally Posted by The once and future king

Guns 20%
Medical Supplies 20%
Food 40%
Gold 10%
Tobacco and Alcohol 9%
Cash 1%

this allocation is COMPLETELY ******ed.

assuming your alcohol is 4.5%, your food:alcohol ratio is WAAAAAY to high.

Barron

PS -also, please post pics of GUNS!!!! is that diversified? and does the 20% include bullets? i'd think bullets would be harder to come by when TSHTF.

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02-13-2009 , 09:50 PM

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hlacheen

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Originally Posted by The once and future king

Guns 20%
Medical Supplies 20%
Food 40%
Gold 10%
Tobacco and Alcohol 9%
Cash 1%

At this point in the economy I think I'd be ~100% in Alcohol.

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02-13-2009 , 10:25 PM

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Thremp

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15% Barbed Wire
20% Canned Food
13% Bottle Water
27% Small Arms
24% Small Feral Children
1% Boomerangs

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02-13-2009 , 10:39 PM

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skindog

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Originally Posted by Thremp

15% Barbed Wire
20% Canned Food
13% Bottle Water
27% Small Arms
24% Small Feral Children
1% Boomerangs

You need to reallocate. The Feral Children will eat all your canned food. Unless they're your secondary food source. And why not? They're delicious.

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02-13-2009 , 11:33 PM

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ianisakson

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what is asset allocation? i have all my money on pokerstars.

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02-13-2009 , 11:38 PM

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vetiver

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Originally Posted by skindog

You need to reallocate. The Feral Children will eat all your canned food. Unless they're your secondary food source. And why not? They're delicious.

hahahah

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02-13-2009 , 11:39 PM

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Thremp

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Originally Posted by skindog

You need to reallocate. The Feral Children will eat all your canned food. Unless they're your secondary food source. And why not? They're delicious.

The Feral Children will hunt with the boomerangs. Luckily they're much cheaper than the children.

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02-14-2009 , 11:03 AM

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dopp16

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Originally Posted by Thremp

15% Barbed Wire
20% Canned Food
13% Bottle Water
27% Small Arms
24% Small Feral Children
1% Boomerangs

I think that you need to increase your boomerang exposure

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02-14-2009 , 11:47 AM

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durkadurka33

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lol, this thread got good

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02-14-2009 , 12:42 PM

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dirty banana2007

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Originally Posted by Thremp

15% Barbed Wire
20% Canned Food
13% Bottle Water
27% Small Arms
24% Small Feral Children
1% Boomerangs

Are the small arms for the small feral children, should they lose theirs on the barbed wire?

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02-14-2009 , 12:56 PM

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Thremp

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Originally Posted by dirty banana2007

Are the small arms for the small feral children, should they lose theirs on the barbed wire?

Good question. I need more due diligence.

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