Asset Allocation May 2009

Just in case you wondered… This is my current asset allocation (excluding real estate and debt) in this current troubled times. Just a tiny increase in gold - buying gifts for my wife ;-))):
Cash or equivalent:            88%
Equity (EM):                     7%
Gold:                               5%
Currency-wise:
USD:                                 50%
Euro:                                 34%
UK Pound:                         16%
Thinking to dump dollars. With so much printing going on there, it’s [...]

Asset Allocation

Just in case you wondered… This is my current asset allocation (excluding real estate and debt) in this current troubled times:
Cash or equivalent:            90%
Equity (EM):                     7%
Gold:                               3%
Currency-wise:
USD:                                 50%
Euro:                                 34%
UK Pound:                         16%
I am thining to add on Gold, but definitely not US equity - if anything, I would short them.

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