Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: soup who wrote (12156)	4/24/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Yes, you are the only one. Linda PS: However I'm convinced I should increase the Apple allocation in my portfolio, so sharing your thinking was helpful to me. Thanks.

To: soup who wrote (12156)	4/24/1998 5:09:00 PM
From: RX4PROFIT	Respond to of 213176

Soup <The Beast That Devoured My Portfolio"> Yep! This represents AAPL's ever growing presence in my portfolio. AAPL in June/97 was 25% of my investments, today it dominates at 75%. <Am I the only one on this thread who worries about this stuff?> Nope! It concerns me too, but AAPL growth to date sure does comfort the though. Enjoyed your observation... Cheers, Dennis

To: soup who wrote (12156)	4/25/1998 11:19:00 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 213176

Am I the only one on this thread who worries about this stuff? Certainly not! This is one of the reasons why I sold half of my Apple holding at the end of March (for 26.56) even though Apple still looks relatively undervalued. This also reduced my leverage a bit. Currently I have 21% of total assets in US shares and Apple is just under 5% of total assets. One rule I follow is to never have more than 10% of total assets in any single asset (mutual funds don't count as single assets of course). Overall I have 25% in US Dollar assets and 75% in Australian Dollar and Australian based international mutual funds (the latter is currently just over 11%). So: AUD 76.77% Cash 16.42% Australian Shares 27.94% Aus Mutual Funds 12.67% Direct Aus Shares 15.27% International Shares 11.29% Super Fund 21.11% USD 23.05% Cash 1.96% US Shares 21.10% (Super fund is a retirement fund over which I have no control). This is gross assets and doesn't reflect loans. I'd allocate more to US dollars when they become cheaper again (if ever) in terms of Australian dollars. Note the large and increasing Australian cash allocation. I also have a spreadsheet with the Markowitz Allocation model for all the risky assets I hold. I try a couple of different scenarios on future rates of return. I don't follow the percentages it gives closely but do pay attention when it says to short a stock I hold long for example. So there are four things I follow altogether at the moment - CAPM model for valuation, Markowitz model for allocation, TA models for market timing, and news, gossip etc. When all four point one way that's a pretty strong indication. David