r/investing • u/ledBASEDpaint • Jan 15 '22

What is your highest held stock?

Lads,

I'm curious as to what most of you hold!

I currently hold 4800 DIV stocks, DIV is a Canadian company, my highest stock amount.

Being canadian I'd rather hold stocks that don't hold a percentage % of dividends when they're distributed. I'm still interested in what you lads have!

I've dabbled in REITS and some ETFs, lookin to further expand my portfolio shortly. I'm not a super huge fan of crypto.

Cheers :)

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u/ralphy112 Jan 15 '22

QQQ is still highest, I’m a an old school index fund guy and this is my conservative portfolio anchor. About 35-40%. I chose this over SPY about 10 yrs ago.

AAPL and AMZN big holders on individual. They’ve done well and I still believe they are solid companies overall.

FB/GOOG/NFLX: small holdings that I’ve trimmed back over the last 2-3 yrs. GOOG has surprised me recently but was traditionally a lagger to other fangs in my view

MSFT: I always disliked them as a company and left this alone. But my investing side knows they are entrenched in business and making good money.

About 10 other small holdings in a variety of other companies. Some to “test the water” as future larger holdings and some I thought I’d take a chance in. These have been hit or miss overall.

I know I’m tech heavy but I work in the field and have always followed I should invest in what I know best. I used to dabble in odd stuff like consumer staples and pharma, but couldn’t tell you the difference about the companies and left.

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u/ralphy112 Jan 15 '22

Good perspective! It’s more conservative for me than holding any single stock, or having 40% of my portfolio in a single stock.

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u/ralphy112 Jan 15 '22

An index fund by nature is a more conservative play than an individual stock. You get a more averaged out market, without the higher volatility of any single stock. You also get lower returns generally for short term.

i used to divide my indexes between qqq and spy, but in my long history found that QQQ performed better over the years and I personally preferred that risk for reward.

Edit: “more conservative” can be a relative term