Why I'm holding 25% of my wealth in commodities

Bengt Saelensminde looks at asset allocation, and explains why it's so important to devote a decent proportion of your portfolio to commodities.

What's going to save your portfolio from a financial system reboot?

For many investors I suspect the answer is probably absolutely nothing. And that could turn out to be a dangerous shortcoming.

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Cash20%
Bonds20%
Equities20%
Commodities10%
Property30%
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Physical precious metals8%
Gold & Silver ETFs7%
Mining stocks5%
Agri stocks2%
CED2*3%
Row 5 - Cell 0 25%

Bengt graduated from Reading University in 1994 and followed up with a master's degree in business economics.

 

He started stock market investing at the age of 13, and this eventually led to a job in the City of London in 1995. He started on a bond desk at Cantor Fitzgerald and ended up running a desk at stockbroker's Cazenove.

 

Bengt left the City in 2000 to start up his own import and beauty products business which he still runs today.