{"id":698,"date":"2010-06-13T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2018-11-11T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T21:36:02","slug":"what-i-am-investing-in-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/what-i-am-investing-in-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"What I am investing in and why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many &#8220;GURUs&#8221; and investment advisors out there, it is most confusing&#8230; I have no clue if I am doing <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> or wrong most of the time.  Of all the reading I am doing on investing there seems to be an over abundance of those that are warning against more &#8220;down&#8221; than &#8220;up&#8221; to come in the next few years&#8230;<br \/>\nTheir reasoning is &#8211; The charts say so, we can&#8217;t keep over spending with out some repercussions, Excessive debt by nations and consumers will force them to all pull back, etc.  I happen to agree with some of these but am not sure we are heading for certain doom and another bout of recession but then again, I am not an expert looking at my investing records&#8230; I have done ok, at least I have not lost it all but I have not made enough to retire yet either&#8230; So what am i focusing on now?  <\/p>\n<p>I have pulled away from <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> that do not have solid balances (for the most part) and put most of our funds into <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> paying good dividends, and that have good balances.  More of them are solid long-term things that probably will not have spectacular growth but yet, if they are paying 5, 6, 7 or 8% in <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>dividends<\/strong> and do go up a little I am better off for the lower risk they offer.  This is especially true if we are in for another test of the lows in the market?  I have also gotten more focused on Stop-<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>loss<\/strong> or trailing stops&#8230; on the more risky <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> I set them automatic but on the dividend <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> I am listing them but using an approach of watch and see but do not wait, if it even looks bad, dump and hold cash&#8230;   All that said, I do yet dabble in &#8220;hidden-gems&#8221; or small <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> that have a great chance to be the next big thing&#8230; I base that vision on what they sell, what the general population seems to be buying and is this company just kicking A_ _ on the competition&#8230; as well as has it gotten high marks by three different public forums talking stocks&#8230; So what am I investing in and what am I watching&#8230; you can see that in my list on the <a href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?page_id=262\">Stock and Twits Feed page<\/a> of this blog&#8230;<br \/>\nOne look at my list will show I am way over-weight in energy <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> but, since I work in the energy business and know a little about it, I stick more with what I know here and several of those are paying really good returns&#8230; I know some will say they are just paying back the invested money, but so what&#8230; it is still coming in &#8211; the value(price per share) is holding or going up.  They have all appreciated since I got in and I have stop-<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>loss<\/strong> limits on most of them if they drop we get out and wait for them to stabilize and get back in&#8230; the only big problem is the dam tax stuff of these Limited partner things but I have gotten used to that.<br \/>\nSome are also ETF&#8217;s as I didn&#8217;t <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>feel<\/strong> safe picking any <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> company in that industry but <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>feel<\/strong> it will have growth&#8230; truth&#8230; got in way to early in $<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>FAN<\/strong> and $<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>PHO<\/strong> and lost money on them&#8230; dumped the $<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>FAN<\/strong> but holding the $<strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>PHO<\/strong>.    Also the bottom three ($JCI, $CREE, $ATHR) I do not own and watching them for entry&#8230; the $INSM is a holdover from an early thought that the drugs they were developing would be big hits&#8230; not so but I have not lost in this yet&#8230; seems it spikes to $1.40 yearly and drops to about my entry yearly&#8230; so I need to practice, the &#8220;get in and get out&#8221; or maybe just get out when it is up and use that money for something with a better return&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd that is what and why for my outside the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>401K<\/strong> accounts&#8230;<br \/>\nIn the 401K, I have little choice but have it 45% bonds, 10% small cap, 10% midcap, 5% international, 30% Largecap&#8230; If things look better I will double up on the small and midcap&#8230; the international &#8211; may get a double but <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> now it looks bad so it is staying small&#8230; The increase in <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stocks<\/strong> will come at the expense of the bonds mostly&#8230; but do not expect to leave it at that&#8230; actually the current allocation will be my standard for most of the time but shifted according to the conditions.  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