PENNSIF INVESTS : Building the World's Largest Investment Portfolio (part 1)

I'm three weeks into the investing game now so I thought it was time to drop the Noob Investor from the post title.

That sounds totally presumptuous of course but I just wanted a little change of vibe.

I've been busily picking my planet positive stocks with all due research and care.

Results so far, with all these renewable and EV companies mainly, have been mixed. About half are up but a stubborn little bunch led by naughty Tesla have been lagging behind.

I want to experience investing from every which way so today I came up with a new approach.

The World's Largest Investment Portfolio

I spotted that I happen to have stocks in the world's largest mining company. This gave me an idea...

What if I invested in the world's largest companies in a range of different business and industrial sectors.

If they are the world's largest companies they must know what they are doing. And it should be a pretty good way to diversify my portfolio.

So I have picked on 10 sectors and for each I have researched the largest company.

On 1 March I will invest an equal amount of money into each of the 10 stocks. I will also invest the same amount into Bitcoin.

I will track the progress of each these 11 investments and on the first of each month I will report back.

It should be fun !

[For some of the sectors different sources give different largest companies. I will be making an executive decision on which to chose in these circumstances. Input welcome. One or two adjustments have had to be made where I am not able to invest in certain companies through Trading 212.]

My Top of the Tops

1. Bank = Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

The world's largest bank is actually Industrial and Commercial Bank Of China. The next three are also in China, but I cannot invest in any of these through Trading 212 so I have opted for Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group at #5...

2. Car Manufacturer = Toyota (TM) / Volkswagen (VWAGY)

It is a very close run according to different sources between Toyota and Volkswagen for the world's largest car maker title.

I may well opt for Volkswagen as they are much more progressive towards electric vehicles than Toyota so far.

Which would you opt for?

3. Media Company = AT & T (T) / Comcast (CMCSA)

This category is rather widely defined in different lists, but AT & T and Comcast seem to be the commonly cited winners of the title.

Also strongly in the running is Walt Disney. Any thoughts on this one?

4. Mining Company = Glencore (GLNCY)

Glencore is the winner in this sector.

I already have some Glencore stocks for their nickel mining for EV batteries.

5. Oil Company = China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SNP)

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (also known as Sinopec) takes the title as top oil company.

Having an oil company in this portfolio strikes hard against my wider 'plant positive' investment strategy but I have miners and car makers in here already. And oil companies are going to play a major role in the economy of the world for many a year yet.

This is the first half of my 'World's Largest' investment portfolio.

I will reveal the other five in my next post.

What do you think of this selection? How will they perform over the coming months? Particularly against Bitcoin?

What sectors should be included in the other half of the 'World's Largest' portfolio?

Until the next time...

Pennsif

[ graphic made by @pennsif]

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