Cash: 0.02%
Money Market Funds: 0.73%
Stocks: 74.34%
Fixed-Income: 13.59%
Mutual Funds: 11.32% (Equity Funds)

Rare indeed.
Nice for a change.
Trust 3Q earnings will help stabilize SP500, if not keep it going up.
If AA is indicative, should be good season.

FYI: The S&P 500 fell 1.51% yesterday, but it followed up that big loss with a gain of 1.75% today. Over the two-day period, the S&P is up about 4 points.
Big down days followed by even bigger up days have been rare during the current bull market that began on March 9th, 2009. In fact, situations like the last two days where the S&P fell more than 1.5% only to rally back even more the next day have only occurred six other times, and we highlight them in the table below.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/10/8/big-down-day-followed-by-even-bigger-up-day.html?printerFriendly=true

Experience has taught me I am not good at market timing. So, I mostly let fund managers do this for me. My major fund holdings with substantial cash positions include FPACX, FPIVX, ICMBX, ARIVX, YAFFX, WEMMX, COBYX, and BERIX. The fund analyzing tool I use tells me my portfolio currently has 18% allocated to cash/near cash, with most of that coming from these holdings. I also have 6 % of my portfolio set aside in funds including RPHYX and MWCRX for use if there is a MAJOR (maybe 35% or more) decline in the stock market. I would be comfortable selling those two holdings with some loss in that situation. So, all told, I have about 25% of my portfolio currently waiting for a better time to invest in more volatile stuff. I also have just over 50% currently invested in the stock market and the remaining 25% in bond funds including OSTIX and RSIVX. The bond funds presently mostly tend towards short term and high yield.

Huge quarter. Triple profits, year over year.
Strong aerospace growth. Strong auto demand.
Price run-up in basic materials.
Predict strong organic growth in 4Q.
Klaus Kleinfeld has to be one of best CEOs in America.
He's key chart driving strong performance...

Here's more...

at 32% healthcare holding, I too have the same morningstar message like @tampabay
"You have a lot of exposure to sectors marked by this icon. You should take special note of your large position in healthcare stocks. Healthcare issues generally offer good growth potential but come with a lot of risk." In my holding PRHSX , VHCOX, VTSAX, PRWCX,VCVLX, VPCCX each has more than 15% exposure to healthcare.

Oh, good Lord (or whoever) have mercy! Here we go again, justifying investments in criminal banking enterprises, who continue to use accounting gimmickry (FASB rule 157) to hide a bunch of 2008 toxic debt they still hold, and who continue to be caught manipulating just about every market of any significance, after doing it for over a decade. Your investments in them support them in these endeavors; what kind of a world do you want?
Get out ALL the shovels 'cause it looks like, with Oakmark, we're gonna need 'em--- it's getting so deep. "Private equity perspective"---- oh, pulleeze!

A bit dated, but FWIW...
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/2013/10/whitebox-tactical-opportunities-conference-call/
Will be interesting to reassess at the three year mark, which is couple months away...I believe they will rank just above "average" in the long/short category, which as Scott points out is pretty diverse.
Here's snapshot since its inception:

I remain heavy WBMIX and a fan of Whitebox. They has lived up to their word regarding openness of fund strategy, communication with shareholders, consistency in implementation, and elimination of loads. Its er is low for the category, but it could be lower.

Well 5 days with no answer from Matthews. I find that disappointing because even if they weren't willing to tell me whether they had an thoughts about hedging currency they could have at least just written and said so. Maybe the turmoil in Hong Kong delayed things and I'll get an answer in the next few days, but I'm not holding my breath.

Brother Joe.
My bad for not being more specific.
AA - Alcoa
Aluminum Company

lol. Market down a few %, Fed runs to the rescue. I thought they wouldn't run to the rescue unless the market declined a good 15-20% or more.

I believe that I read somewhere that AA is going to impose surcharges for both seats and seatbelts. Also, a "destination fee" for luggage, in addition to the existing luggage charges, but the destination fee will only apply if the luggage arrives at the correct destination. If the luggage is lost in transit, there will be a new "finder's fee" and "retrieval fee", to offset the associated expenses, but the destination fee will be waived.
That should improve earnings significantly!

I believe he meant Alcoa, but your thoughts on the other AA are amusing.

Raw figure (with DODIX included) = 23.5%, slightly above normal. That's a bit deceptive, since it doesn't include cash held by managers of allocation type funds. Without doing a M* X-Ray, I'll guess the true cash component at about 30%, a bit higher if you include the short term bonds those funds hold.
Of course this discussion only makes sense in context. (conservative old **** many years into retirement.)

I am 3% cash not counting cash in mutual funds, 65% equities, 32% bonds. For cash proxy I use Metropolitan West Low Durations Bond Fund

Hi JohnN,
As of my most recent Xray which includes liquid cash (about 15%) held within my portfolio plus the cash that my mutual fund managers are holding (about 5%) equals about 20%. I have recently spent some but I have also had some fund distributions that have also paid to the cash area. With this, I feel, 20% is still a good number.
Old_Skeet

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-smarter-mutual-fund-investor/2014/10/08/4-reasons-why-cash-is-king
mine portfolio ~ 1% cash holdings, and ~71s% stocks ----28% bonds/income stuff
what's your favorite cash vehiecles - ? money market acct funds or ETFs or CDs??

should be good for 5-10 years. after that too well known to be investible (all will know about ageing baby boomers?

Total Return % (10/07/2014 morningstar) YACKX (large Blend)
5-Year = +14.01 (-1.23% S&P)
10-Year=+10.84 (#1 large blend)
15-Year=+11.94 (#1 large blend)
Invested and holding...tb

@mrc70: Thanksgiving is coming, and you can prepare this turkey for the feast. One Year Returns, S&P 500 17.85% - WBMAX 0.01%, enough said.
Regards,
Ted\