% of port invested in AIG

[racemize]

Same as the other thread, but with AIG.

[oddballstocks]

Someone has more than 50% in AIG?!?!?  Either they work there, they have a small portfolio, or they're crazy….wow

[DCG]

0%. I have a hard time understanding this company.

[fareastwarriors]

I'm surprised so many have No position given how many posts are in the AIG thread. I guess it's mainly a small group of posters doing all the posting.

 

 

[BargainValueHunter]

Michael Weinstock has everybody beat (even the "Megamind of Miami"):

 

http://www.insidermonkey.com/hedge-fund/monarch+alternative+capital/287/

 

46.37%

 

 

[nkp007]

~80% of my family's net worth is in $AIG $BAC warrants, probably an even split between the two.

[kevin4u2]

I'm surprised so many have No position given how many posts are in the AIG thread. I guess it's mainly a small group of posters doing all the posting.

 

I think many here already own two very good insurance companies in FFH and BRK. 

 

Secondly, the secular tailwind of the bond market is coming to an end.  At the end of the day AIG is predominately an insurer and I fail to see why AIG will sell above book value any time soon.  They have cleaned up the company quite well and the level of disclosure in the 2011 annual report was quite good. 

[Palantir]

I don't understand most of the stocks people on this forum discuss - BAC, AIG, SD etc.  :'(

[LC]

I think I'm around 15-20%.

[bookie71]

0%, too big to get my head around

 

[Guest FFHfan]

I don't understand most of the stocks people on this forum discuss - BAC, AIG, SD etc.  :'(

 

just stick with your circle of competence and you'll do fine over the long term.  :)

don't forget your mos.

 

there is nobody on planet earth who knows 100% how the macro economy works, Ray Dalio and his team at BridgeWater come close to 100%. Nobody at the FED, ECB, BOJ, BOC, BOE etc. ... comes close to 100%, too many ph.ds and too many models. Lots of people are guessing/ speculating based on short term economic data. Too much hindsight bias.

 

today 0%

[siddharth18]

It may be a screaming/no-brainer buy for the veterans, but if I don't understand something, I just won't buy it.  I've got to ask - many of those that are long AIG can truly digest the 350+ page annual report?

 

Hence, I just stick to the micro/small caps.

 

Regarding macro - Dr. Mike Burry has a pretty good track record of understanding it.

[ERICOPOLY]

I've got to ask - many of those that are long AIG can truly digest the 350+ page annual report?

 

Hence, I just stick to the micro/small caps.

 

 

I guess the Berkshire Hathaway report, at only 112 pages, would be the much longer of the two if it provided an equivalent amount of information about each subsidiary.

 

 

[nkp007]

I've got to ask - many of those that are long AIG can truly digest the 350+ page annual report?

 

Hence, I just stick to the micro/small caps.

 

 

I guess the Berkshire Hathaway report, at only 112 pages, would be the much longer of the two if it provided an equivalent amount of information about each subsidiary.

 

Understanding a business doesn't mean you understand every single element of it, but rather that you understand the probability of your upside and downside.

 

The simplest businesses to understand are lemonade stands. If you're going for simplicity, buy a mafia network of them.

[siddharth18]

I've got to ask - many of those that are long AIG can truly digest the 350+ page annual report?

 

Hence, I just stick to the micro/small caps.

 

 

I guess the Berkshire Hathaway report, at only 112 pages, would be the much longer of the two if it provided an equivalent amount of information about each subsidiary.

 

Understanding a business doesn't mean you understand every single element of it, but rather that you understand the probability of your upside and downside.

 

The simplest businesses to understand are lemonade stands. If you're going for simplicity, buy a mafia network of them.

 

Well yes. I suppose I'm just naive. I don't have much experience in evaluating insurance businesses and part of me just equates the size of the annual report to the complexity of the business. I also equate a full understanding of the business to having an edge in a particular investment. With AIG, I neither have a complete understanding of the business (a complete and thorough cognizance of all elements) nor foresee a competitive advantage over today's sellers of AIG.

 

But it doesn't bother me one bit; I just move over to stocks in my wheelhouse!