What do you invest in?

[Soccer Princess]

Do you invest your money in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, other, or a combination of the above? If you do a combination, of which ones? Why did you choose to invest the way you did?

 

[Serena]

Our mutual funds are a combination of stocks and bonds. I have 4 mutual funds. One for retirement, one each for the girls and one for emergencies.
The one for retirement and the girls, are more middle ground funds. Slightly risky, slightly not.

The emergency fund has more secure stocks.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

we have stocks, stock mutual funds, and also a couple of higher yield bond mutual funds. Mostly I try to find stable high performing mutual funds for long term growth. I also buy stock through our Buy and Hold account, just because I enjoy researching and choosing companies.

By far the majority of our stock holding is my DH's company stock and company stock options. I would like to sell part of that and diversify it, but the Management of his company views holding onto them as a "team spirit" kind of thing.

I would like to invest in Real Estate one day, but I would really need to study how to find quality properties first.

 

[Kimberle]

All of the above.

 

[olena]

Everything on the list but bonds. There are other investments, too.

 

[Lynn CC]

All, plus education fund for DS

 

[Rutt and Tuke]

Mostly mutual funds (stock index, bond index, growth) and a couple of individual stocks.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I can't tell you.