Your top 3 holdings and why you hold them

[catfish]

sorry forgot about reasons

RIO Its the best , a long term hold , should reach $90 imo by midyear.
IAG Bought it low in late Feb 12, a big bet that has paid off. Any sign of weakness and I'll sell
CFX A good earner REITs are a poor man's way of dealing with tenants and making more than a rich man, without the angst of whinging tenants.


gg

I tend to only look at RIO as a trade, I fail to see the benefit in holding it for the longer term. I use to hold both bhp and rio and sold as the dividend doesn't even cover inflation cost which leaves capital growth as the only earner. And with earnings at peak of the cycle I don't see much SP movement in a positive direction. Which leaves a low dividend, huge capex, stock with potential declining commodity price and therefore no return.

I think these (bhp&rio) are great stocks to buy during a huge market downturn but other than that these are not for me anymore.

 

[RottenValue]

MFF (15%): Wanted overseas exposure and didn't have the time to research specific stocks. Impressed by the fund managers and have added significantly to position 12 months ago on strength of $AUD. Wish I had also jumped into MFG at the same time though cant complain too much really!

CBA (8%): Long-term hold (2009) that has returned 20% per annum, hard to fault other than has got too expensive to add to holding.

FGE (6%): Started buying early in 2012 and continued adding to holding as as the share price tanked from May onwards. The SP recovery in December has turned it into one of my larger holdings by mistake! Happy to hold at the moment as value from $6-$8 but expect to take part profits in 2013 so remains at about 5% of portfolio.

 

[sydboy007]

Only recently set up my SMSF

I'm aiming for income more than capital growth., but fortunately seem to be getting both so far.

Top 3 would be:

AKY - corporate bond fund providing 6.5% full franked yield with capital returns. Will wind up in around 3 years

IHD - nice 6.5% fully franked dividend yield without the concentration within the financials that most high yield funds have.

SGN - around 7.5% full franked yield. Growing strongly through acquisitions. Strong blue chip client base.

 

[RandR]

I only really trade stocks so no core holdings, in my Super though I hold and regularly add to SYI (SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund), its currently on yesterdays close got a yield of over 6% most of which is franked, heavily weighted to the financial sector and most of that is the big 4 banks but they are paying the best dividends so for the time being I cant see its exposure to that sector falling, also pays a quarterly dividend all of which I reinvest, returned about 18% in 2012 (how many super funds can boast there equity portfolios did that ?) so got to be happy, there are other ETF,s available on the ASX run a similar way but when choosing one I thought the State Street option was right for me although all these ETF,s are still fairly new to the ASX, SYI has only been listed for about 2 years.

Im not going to name names but the super fund I work for almost did that for the 2012 calender year... 17.3% return (net of fees and tax) for aus shares. Its simply the asx 200 though and more or less entirely passively managed. International punched in a 16.9 for the calender year but its hedged so i dont use it much.

Are you in SMSF Pager?

 

[Pager]

Im not going to name names but the super fund I work for almost did that for the 2012 calender year... 17.3% return (net of fees and tax) for aus shares. Its simply the asx 200 though and more or less entirely passively managed. International punched in a 16.9 for the calender year but its hedged so i dont use it much.

Are you in SMSF Pager?

Yes im in a SMSF and well done to your fund, I would guess there are very few others that did that though, certainly not the industry fund I was in previous to going alone.

Your figures are a little better than the index so again great result for the clients in your fund, STW which is one of the better ETF,s tracking that index did about 16.5% although according to Comsec its total return was 19.9% still think though SYI is the better vehicle for a (My) SMSF and it performed a few percent better, just looking at the official site its saying it did 18.4% although Comsec has it at 22.7%.

 

[nulla nulla]

I thought it worth updating the above position which has changed since August 2010:

SYD (formerly Map - Macquarie Airport Group)
Purchase Date: 03 December 2002
Purchase Price: $0.06 (originaly $0.86 adjusted down with capital return $0.80 December 2011)
Dividends per share since purchase: $2.075
Current Dividend: $0.21
Yield on Current share price $2.62: 8.02%
Yield on adjusted original share price $0.06: 350%
Capital Gain on adjusted original share price: $2.56 (4,266.66%)
Comments: Still no point in selling it. It doesn't owe us anything and continues to contribute a regular income stream through dividends.

WBC (Westpac)
Purchase Date: 01 July 2001
Purchase Price: $13.20
Dividends pershare since purchase: $11.00 (fully franked)
Current Dividend: $1.55
Yield on Current share price $20.78: 7.46%
Yield on original share price $13.20: 11.74%
Capital Gain on original share price: $7.58
Comments: Still no point in selling it. It doesn't owe us anything and continues to contribute a regular income stream through dividends (fully franked).

The retained holdings in Sydney Airport and Westpac continue to contribute to our well being. A further update follows based on the closing prices of 31 December 2012:

SYD – Sydney Airport (formerly Map - Macquarie Airport Group)
Purchase Date: 03 December 2002
Purchase Price: $0.06 (originally $0.86 adjusted down with capital return $0.80 December 2011)
Dividends per share since purchase: $2.285
Current Annual Dividend: $0.21
Yield on Current share price $3.38: 6.21%
Yield on adjusted original share price $0.06: 350%
Capital Gain on adjusted original share price: $3.32 (5,533.33%)
Comments: Still no point in selling it. It doesn't owe us anything and continues to contribute a regular income stream to our SMSF fund through regular dividends. Our perspective may change when the SMSF goes into retirement/pension mode to take advantage of the tax breaks on capital gains.

WBC - Westpac
Purchase Date: 10 October 2002
Purchase Price: $13.20
Dividends per share since purchase: $12.66 (fully franked)
Current Annual Dividend: $1.66
Yield on Current share price $26.04: 6.37%
Yield on original share price $13.20: 12.57%
Capital Gain on original share price: $12.84
Comments: Still no point in selling it. It doesn't owe us anything and continues to contribute a regular income stream through dividends (fully franked).

A check of the records shows WBC was purchased on 10 October 2002 and not 1 July 2001 as previously stated.

 

[Iggy_Pop]

1. SDL- waiting for the takeover to sort it self out or potentially another bidder - average buy 18c

2. WOW - buy more on dips, return ok.

3. CBAPA - PERLS Hybrid share. Bought because of return and to get experience with hybrids.


All of my holdings are more about learning,as I will be retiring in a few years with a large superannuation payout which is currently defined benefit. Need to learn how to manage it.

 

[burglar]

...
Yield on original share price $13.20: 12.57%
Capital Gain on original share price: $12.84 ...

Hi nulla nulla,

I like your approach! It cuts through the cr*p.

 

[tinhat]

CBA
TLS
BHP

CBA and TLS for fully franked dividends. I will be looking for an opportunity to reduce the BHP holding over 2013.

The next biggest holding is HZN which is by serendipity. It's had a good run up in share price.

 

[noirua]

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[robusta]

Wow I have not updated this thread with my super fund since September 2011, anyway this is it back then

1) FGE, 30% of portfolio, great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE.
Started buying in April, kept on buying as the price dropped, held 60% of portfolio at one stage, have reduced holding lately as a nod toward diversisication. Ha Ha

2) MCE, 21% of portfolio, great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE.
Doubled profit this year, expected to do so again next year.
Got into this one mid August sp up 17% so far

3) MND, 13% of portfolio, great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE. (spot a pattern here) - also very good dividend yield.

4)CBA, 9% of portfolio, I know everyone sais NAB better value or ANZ more growth prospects but these guys rarely put a foot wrong and they got a bargain with Bamkwest.

5)ONT, 8.5% of portfolio, great old fashioned under valued business with next to no debt, good ROE and a ever increasing dividend.

6)JBH, 6.5% of portfolio, great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE.

7)CSL, 6% of portfolo, great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE.

8)Cash, 6% of portfolio looking for....wait for it great growth company, next to no debt, good ROE.
I know it is booring but let me assure you the returns are very satisfactory.

Looking back there have been some big winners and loosers there, anyway the current top 3

1. Still FGE but back to a bit under 11% now, last took some profits at $6.50 and now all free carry.

2. TGA holding almost as much as FGE for the dividend and long term capital growth.

3. VOC just over 10% this is a long term holding deep in the red at the moment, waiting for the growth to turn into $ but losing patience.

 

[burglar]

I always had a dream of winning on pennydreads
and spinning the profits into a dividend stream.

So now my top holding is:
1). NAB National Australia Bank.

My pennydreadful is:
2). AXE Archer Exploration.

My lottery ticket, pink E24 is:
3). RCF Redcliffe Res.

 

[Julia]

Wow I have not updated this thread with my super fund since September 2011, anyway this is it back then




Looking back there have been some big winners and loosers there, anyway the current top 3

1. Still FGE but back to a bit under 11% now, last took some profits at $6.50 and now all free carry.

2. TGA holding almost as much as FGE for the dividend and long term capital growth.

3. VOC just over 10% this is a long term holding deep in the red at the moment, waiting for the growth to turn into $ but losing patience.

Robusta, do you still have MND?

 

[MrBurns]

TLS but more after th end of this month, perhaps WES and TAH

TLS because is a guaranteed return, so far, and is still performing well HOWEVER after my cable went down and I had to wait a WEEK for a service call I wonder if they only make money from giving zero service and it might backfire, talked to plenty of support people and can hardly understand any of them.

WES because people will always buy food and Bunnings is booming and will continue to grow even more in tough times..

TAH - gambling ? a no brainer.

 

[Vader]

Have only been investing for a little over 6 months, but my top 3 holdings right now are:

SDM (20%) - It dropped pretty sharply after I first purchased it as the coal and iron ore prices dropped through the floor and it got caught in the cyclical downturn, but I've always been pretty keen on them as a lot of their contracts are maintenance contracts which as the ore price goes down, a lot of mines are raising their tonnage (meaning more maintenance, which will help soften the slowdown of new capital expenditure). The also have a very strong balance sheet (though they are spending a lot of that money recently announcing a take over of a South African engineering company... it is a very good fit for SDM though, diversifying them both geographically and into metals, and strong earnings growth). My most recent top up was with the price at 0.825 which brought my average price down to 1.172 and after a big run up in the last couple of weeks SDM is now in profit for me (currently trading at 1.24 as metal prices start coming back up again). They also pay very good dividends (as long as earnings hold up obviously).

Portfolio wise, they represent a much higher percentage than I am comfortable with, especially since there is a risk that the cyclical nature could reduce earnings further than I expect, so I will be reducing my weighting in them this year, although the way they are racing up at the moment, I doubt that will happen before the half year report and half year dividend payment, but will keep an eye on it and reduce it substantially if it drops back below my average buy price.

HDG (8%) - Bit of a speculative one here, African coal explorer, but they have a world class coal deposit in Botswana and are fast moving towards completing a feasibility study to begin stage one which includes setting up a small power station. Cash position is ok for now with a $3m payment due to them shortly and the expectation of finding a strategic partner for setting up the power station. One of the directors bought up a heap of shares six months ago and there is good support at the lower levels when the price drops a bit. Thinly traded, but I think Africa and Coal are going to be two big growth areas of 2013, so I'm very happy to hold and expect to continue holding them for some time.

RIO (7%) - Gets into my top 3 as it's gone up nearly 25% since I bought it. Was one of my earlier purchases and doesn't really fit with my strategy now that it's evolved a little over the past few months (although I do really like the company), but I can't complain about the gains it's made over the past month or two and more than happy to hold onto it while it continues to run up. I do expect to reduce my holdings and take some profits soon though.

Just after my top 3 comes SIP (6%) and PTM (6%) who are creeping forward and doing well.

 

[robusta]

Robusta, do you still have MND?

No, sold in February 2011. Here is my post on the MND thread.

The time is here for me. Sold out of MND today at $20.06, love the company but my view is the sp has run too far past IV. Bought in Jan 2010 @ ~ 12.50 and again in May @ ~ $13.00 wanted to hold long term but could not go past market offer of $20.00 +

With hindsight I probably sold early but I am happy with the decision.

 

[Intrinsic Value]

BGL up from 29c to 60c and still holding.

FGE been in and out many times bought back in at 4.17 a few months back up to 4.93 and still have some i bought at 2 dollars.

SRX bought in late on this one at 10.00 up to 13.00. The chart is vertical. This one is scary.

Maybe we should have a thread of the three worst performers as well just to balance it out.

LYC bought in at 2 dollars luckily only bought 3 thousand. Dropping like a stone.

VOC bought in too late on this one at 2.30 still holding but considering my options.

MCE bought in at 4 dollars sold half for a good profit still stuck with half.

 

[Julia]

TAH - gambling ? a no brainer.

Agree in principle. Isn't there some question about future licences for them? I have only a vague memory about this and could be quite wrong. Someone will know.

No, sold in February 2011. Here is my post on the MND thread.

With hindsight I probably sold early but I am happy with the decision.

Thanks, robusta. You still made a good profit.

Might, however, be interesting to have a thread on letting profits run versus price reaching IV.

 

[So_Cynical]

(16th-August-2011) Current top 4 at today's close.

• CPU - Computershare 10.13%
• HDF - Hastings Diversified Fund 9.95%
• ABC - Adelaide Brighton Cement 7.36%
• PTM - Platinum Asset Management 7.25%

Why they are my top 4 is predominantly because the market has been falling and ive taken average downs into all except HDF because it hasn't fallen and is still an open position with open profit of around 80%

(3rd-March-2012) Not much change...im still stuck in a heap of trades.

• CPU - Computershare 9.83%
• PTM - Platinum Asset Management 8.70%
• ALF - Aust Leaders Fund 7.62%
• ABC - Adelaide Brighton Cement 7.43%

I did take some profit on my HDF position selling a little over half my shares....some of that money going into another small average down into PTM, the rest of the HDF money went into a new position SGH (Slater & Gordon) plus a small average down into ALF.

(1nd-January-2013) I haven't added to my CPU position its just that its now worth a little more and has paid a couple of dividends. now 10.55% of my portfolio and still mostly an open position, PTM the same at 8.7%

ALF i took a trade profit of 6.92% and thus reduced my holding considerably...ABC i reduced my position at break even just before the stock had a run up. KSC my new number 3 with a small older parcel, mostly a new open position that has recently had a nice run up putting it into profit...#1 on the sell list as the most likely candidate to get to 15% profit.

Update:

CPU (11.94% of portfolio) still my biggest holding as i resisted the recent high and urge to sell and complete the trade, didn't do it for 3 reasons, because i think it can go substantially higher, i didn't need the money and i don't want to add to my tax bill.

PTM (5.76% of portfolio) surprisingly still my second largest holding despite the fact that i have completed the trade selling a little over half my shares, my 2 most expensive parcels at 17.1% and 9.5% profit.

SND - Saunders (5.74% of portfolio) is my new number 3 due to the continuing run up in the SP and the fact that i have a small (half sized) open trade from about 11 months ago that is now in profit to the tune of 74%

Followed by BPT (5.29%) CLV - Clover (4.96%) and IIN - iinet ( 4.85%) all with 2 completed trades.

Also should point out that the total portfolio value has fallen due to me taking out about 14% of the funds (profits from PTM, KSC and BSA) for use in a real estate purchase...this is pretty much a closed portfolio now as i have a new broking account and will do any new trades there..keep this for dividends.

 

[Bill M]

It's been nearly a year and I thought it might be time to revive this thread. Things have changed with me too. Don't forget to mention why you bought in the first place and why you hold them. Stick to the rules as Joe has stated, no ramping.

For me my top 3 are:

1. NAB (National Australia Bank.) Bought, sold some, bought some more and held for well over a decade. Bought for yield and future capital growth. It's certainly done that and I keep on holding for the same reasons.

2. NABPA (National Bank Convertible preference shares) Hmmm I got the shareholders offer IPO so took them up. They pay 3.2% on top of the 90 day BBSW rate. That means at today's BBSW rate of 2.6% + 3.2% so I am getting 5.8% gross paid quarterly. Plus there is a slight capital increase there too. I am a bit heavy in NAB, looking at offloading these when the price is right.

3. SBKHB (Suncorp Floating Rate Notes) This one is in by default. I bought these 7 years ago for interest income. Then the GFC came and interest rates came down to record lows. Capital loss shows 22% this is my worst stock in my portfolio. What knocked it down was the big credit squeeze in 08/09/10. In other words there are better similar products out there. Never mind I still collect the interest, all be it lower than the others.

Anybody else?