Back to main  Core Portfolio Holdings: The Other 5 Out of 10
Plus 1  6/12/2012 10:10:00 AM By: Ted Allrich Referenced
Stocks:AA;AXP;IBM;JPM;MMM;MRK;WMT  Last week I wrote about the
value of having a core portfolio, one that has relatively safe
investments.  These are the stocks or funds that over time
should be the most rewarding, the ones that you buy first and
hold for longer than any speculative trading you might try.  If
you put most of your money in these areas, you'll have a better
chance of having strong returns. I would suggest you put 9% of
your investable funds in each of these 11 categories that way
you get solid diversification.  When I mention "buy and hold", I
don't mean you buy and forget.  These stocks or funds demand
some attention.  There is no investing program that runs on
auto-pilot.  That's because things change at companies: new
contracts, lost contracts, new management, management that gets
arrested, management that steals, management that delivers
quarter after quarter.  You need to f