Posted: 3/8/2008 9:18:41 PM EDT
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$5k this year, I have it in my ameritrade account ready to go just need to make my mind up. Was thinking of splitting it up into two stocks. RIG - Transocean and CHK- Chesapeake Energy I am 31years old with about $150K in retirement funds and heavily invested in Tech. with about 15% of my portfolio being international funds. Suggestions, comments? ETA- I have also considered AEM (AGNICO EAGLE MINES) |
I don't have anything that is stricty European but I do have Fidelity International and Janus Worldwide in my portfolio. That would be where the majority of my European investing is coming from. I'll look into some European Funds just to see. |
asset allocation determines 90% of your returns. you need to run your complete portfolio through Morningstar's Instant Xray tool and see what you have now. on the face of what you have posted so far, i'd opine you need more international exposure. DODFX, EFA, VWO perhaps? or, perhaps the about-to-be-minted "V": www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/business/26visa.html?ex=1290402000&en=f4c2ca237ab4d7d3&ei=5035&partner=MARKETWATCH socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/thread/2496077.aspx ar-jedi |
Thanks. Yeah I have run my portfolio through one similar before and you are right I probably do need more international exposure, but other than having some mutuals that probably own a couple pertcentage points each, I don't have much exposure to any of the sectors that the stocks I listed would provide. |
| Well Tues. morning before the Dow shot throw the roof, I bought 56 shares of CHK and 36 shares of AEM. So far they are up ~10% each, these are long term holds for me so I am not really worried about a few days of results, it is just nice to see. I have confidence that both are well run companies and will be profitable. |