Final Segment #1:
'Am I Diversified?'
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
 

In this segment, Jim takes 2-4 callers and asks them to submit five stocks that make up their largest positions in their portfolio.  He then comments on whether or not they are properly diversified...  See callers' portfolios below...

Jim:     When I tell you to own a stock... like the caller with ZION, which they had way too much of, it doesn't mean you should throw all your eggs in one basket... even if you're almost positive it will go up. No. That is a mistake.

Diversification is really our only protection from a vicious market... if we want to be in stocks... which is why, every Wednesday we play "Am I Diversified?"...

Let's start the game with Matt in Texas... Matt, go ahead...


                                                (see caller's portfolios - and Jim's critiques - below)
 

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
(Cont'd from above)...

 

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This caller had the following portfolio of five stocks, on which Jim commented, with his opinion shown below them...

Jim's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price that
day

Full Company Name

D

32.29

Dominion Resources Inc. (D)


PWE

12.94

Penn West Energy Trust (PWE)


BAC*

12.30

Bank of America (BAC*)


C

3.08

Citigroup (C)


FL

10.54

Foot Locker Inc. (FL)



Caller:
     I want to know if I am diversified... Stocks are:
Dominion Resources Inc. (D), Penn West Energy Trust (PWE), Bank of America (BAC*), Citigroup (C)  and Foot Locker Inc. (FL)?...

Jim:     Let's see what we have here... Okay, Dominion is my favorite... I've got to tell you... there was some really interesting news today about nuclear being backed by the federal government and neither
General Electric (GE)... or Shaw Group Inc. (SGR) went up... and it made me think of that because Dominion is a clean energy player. Alright, so you have Penn West Energy... this is a Canadian trust. I prefer American oil trusts, because of changes in the tax code. It does yield 12%, so Matt's got an interesting high-yielder there, along with Dominion which yields almost 6%... I don't want to cuff that... Dominion yields 5.4%... Let's do Foot Locker, it's a retailer. I don't think you can... it's got a very big dividend. I'm not sure it can sustain that dividend. But here's the problem... Bank of America and Citi... he (the caller) even mentioned them in the same breath as speculative situations... It's time to sell Citi. I think there's very limited upside... Bank of America, I think there's miraculous upside... that's why I own it for ActionAlertsPlus.com, my charitable trust... I think that what Matt could use... I think that, given the fact that we're having a change in the healthcare... in a positive way, in clarity... I think he should own a healthcare company.

Verdict:   NO, Caller's portfolio is NOT diversified.

 

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