Tuesday, April 21, 2020

A Summary of My Grand Unified Theory of Investing

Check out my previous post for how we landed here...



Account:

IRA

Roth IRA

Stocks

Current percentage of total holdings:

~28%

~6%

~66%

Investment philosophy:

Jack Bogle

George Soros

Warren Buffett

Headline summary:

“Don't Just Do Something,
Stand There!”

“You Call That A Position?”

“Wonderful Companies at
Fair Prices”

Account holdings:

• 48% indices (IWM, QQQ,
VOO)
• 24% high-yield stocks (VIG,
VYM)
• 28% high-yield bonds
(HYLB, USHY)

• 50% one “high-conviction”
stock (???)
• 50% bonds (AGG)

• 100% stocks (5 core holdings;
entire portfolio detailed here)

Are dividends
reinvested?

Yes

Yes (AGG only)

No

Investment schedule:

N/A

Asynchronous

Synchronous

When do I intend to make changes?

Never

When I have a higher-conviction
bet than the existing one (AGG → ???), or no conviction at all (??? → AGG)

Monthly purchases; "I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them"

Is account actively
funded with new contributions?

No

No

Yes

Is account written about on this blog monthly / ever?

No

No

Yes