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Some Nubblites have started to have some investments. Until this year I had virtually none. What sort of stuff are you guys putting extra money into?

Here's how mine look, I believe it's probably too conservative:

A good chunk of my investments are in ETFs which allow you instant diversification via a a single exchange-traded security. For everything that is exchange-traded I have included the ticker symbol. I have investments in GBP, EUR, and USD. I also own a Chinese ETF and Gazprom ADRs (an ADR is practically the same as the stock itself) which get me Yuan and Ruble exposure as well.


1) GBP Cash (Savings acct): 27.82%
2) GBP Inflation Linked Gilt (UK Gov. Bond) ETF - INXG: 10.51%
3) USD Gold ETF - GLD: 9.16%
4) GBP FTSE 100 ETF - ISF: 8.00%
5) USD Inflation Linked Bond (US Gov) ETF - TIP: 6.39%
6) USD Personal Loans & Investing with Peer Lending - Lending Club : 6.10%
7) USD Russell 2000 Index ETF - IWM: 4.36%
8) EUR Eurostoxx 50 Index ETF - MSE: 3.97%
9) USD Ultra Real Estate Index ETF - URE: 3.78%
10) GBP MSCI World Index ETF - IWRD: 2.90%
11) EUR MSCI Greece Index ETF - GRE: 1.71%
12) USD SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF - SPY: 1.46%
13) USD Google - GOOG: 1.34%
14) USD Nasdaq Index ETF - QQQQ: 1.21%
15) USD Oil and Gas Exploration ETF - XOP: 1.20%
16) USD MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF - EEM: 1.17%
17) USD Gold Miners Index ETF - GDX: 1.14%
18) EUR Gazprom ADR - GAZA: 1.03%
19) USD Goldman Sachs - GS: 0.98%
20) GBP HSBC - HSBA: 0.97%
21) USD Energy Select Sector ETF - XLE: 0.90%
22) GBP China 25 Index ETF - 0.90%
23) USD Exxon Mobile - XOM: 0.83%
24) EUR CAC 40 Index ETF - LVC: 0.79%
25) EUR DAX 30 Index ETF - DBXD: 0.71%
26) Boston Scientific - BSX: 0.67%

Investments by currency:

British Pound: 51.10%
US Dollar: 40.68%
Euro: 8.20%


And a short position:

27) GBP British Airways - BAY: -17.43% (Because of Iceland)


What do you gurus think? I think I'm probably far too conservative.


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