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Sarah Palin's Stock Portfolio

by: Stockerblog September 30, 2008 | about stocks: BP / EWA / EWK / EWP / IGT / INTU / KCE / NOV / ROP    

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Sarah Palin is the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the upcoming presidential election, Alaska's first female governor, and their youngest governor. Todd, her husband, and Sarah Palin’s stock holdings can be found in her Alaska State disclosure filing for this year. Here are the stocks they own:

iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA) is an ETF that invests in Australian stocks. It has a PE of 13 and pays a yield of 5.33% .

iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (EWK) is an ETF that invests in Belgium stocks. It has a PE of 9 and pays a yield of 9.98% .

iShares MSCI Spain Index (EWP) is an ETF that invests in Spanish stocks. It has a PE of 10 and pays a yield of 4.56% .

International Game Technology (IGT) makes and sells computerized gaming equipment. It has a PE of 14 and pays a yield of 3.10% .

Intuit Inc. (INTU) offers business and financial management applications for small and medium sized businesses, and financial institutions. It has a PE of 2 .

KBW Capital Markets ETF (KCE) is an ETF structured to track the total return performance of the Capital Markets index. It has a PE of 15 and pays a yield of 1.37% .

National Oilwell Varco, Incorporated (NOV) makes and markets systems and products for the oil and gas industry. It has a PE of 13 .

Roper Industries Inc. (ROP) makes and sells energy systems and controls, and scientific and industrial imaging products. It has a PE of 19 and pays a yield of 0.50% .

BP plc (BP) explores, produces, refines and sells petroleum. It has a PE of 7 and pays a yield of 6.20% .

See also  the Barack Obama Stock Index and the John McCain Stock Index.

Disclosure: Author does not own any of the above.

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This article has 29 comments:

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    Sep 30 12:52 PM
    Wow she must have a broker because I would probably have guessed she owns Starbucks and Disney.
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    Sep 30 04:14 PM
    constructe - don't be a tool: she's smarter than you!
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    Sep 30 04:18 PM
    @constructe again: Hah...bud, have you looked at SBUX or DIS lately? I just took a quick look...SBUX may have finally bottomed. And DIS is setting up for a little jaunt up from here too. You are the one who may need to consider some external advice! Chump.
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    Sep 30 04:38 PM
    This portfolio doesn't seem very diversified. And BP has way underperformed even XLE, the S&P500 energy sector. This portfolio might be for fun, or hedging, in addition to their main mutual fund holdings.
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    Sep 30 05:40 PM
    Sarah is a born leader and has alot to give our country. I think her portfolio should be her own private business. Besides, in my opinion with her good looks, if she wanted to own fannie mae preferred (like I do) I wouldn't think any less of her. I obviously thought it was a good investment! My point is...we all have our reasons for what we invest in...and she does too!
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    Oct 01 10:12 AM
    IF ANYONE, FOR ONE MINUTE, THINKS THAT THE PALINS HAVE INVESTED IN THESE COMPANIES BY THEMSELVES...YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEADS EXAMINED!
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    Oct 01 10:23 AM
    Just keep underestimating the Palins intelligence and common sense.
    The market is not their "day job" and their worth is balanced by other investments worthy of a school teacher's daughter married to a fisherman and oil worker with a growing family.
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    Oct 01 10:24 AM
    After the interviews with Couric, I can't believe Palin is taken seriously by anyone - including her family...
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    Oct 01 10:37 AM
    So Kelly, you judge Gov. Palin from an interview with Couric instead of her performance as Governor? You shouldn't be taken seriously. Go back to answering phones at the abortion mill.
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    Oct 01 11:42 AM
    What is Joe Bidens portfolio? What does he own after 30 years plus in the senate? SP may not have a great one, but then she hasnt been on the take for her whole life
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    Oct 01 11:49 AM
    The virulence of Palin detractors suggests they fear her greatly. No matter the outcome of the pending election, she may be a force to be reckoned with in the future. I suppose if she had five abortions instead of five live children, this would have made her more acceptable to the elite.
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    Oct 01 12:12 PM
    In-spite of the political and less than polite retorts, I'd say that IF she does indeed have a financial advisor, I'd find a new one. She's diversified but I'm not sure correctly.

    I'll judge her on her record in Alaska and the unrehearsed exchanges with people not the Gotcha' moments during interviews.

    What I find telling about Obama is his back peddling from the tax increases given our current state. McCain is either not getting good advise or shoots off his mouth just a tad too quick but over all I believe he's seriously got the countries best interests at heart.

    Just think, do you really want Biden a heartbeat away from the presidency? Just to liven things up a tad more, we all know who's third in line, Dear Nancy P. THAT is an officially scary thought.
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    Oct 01 12:27 PM
    The EWA, EWK, EWP combination looks like they are trying for a portfolio of anything but BRIC / Emerging Markets / Asia. EWP looks like a good choice in last year!
    The rest looks like good choices in a volatile market. Todd worked for BP so those shares probably came with the job.
    Someone should come out with a Palin ETF... or perhaps an Ultra-Short version?
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    Oct 01 02:43 PM
    Vee : Oct 1 1:35 PM

    Congress should Stand up to Bush for once, and leave things alone. And let those fat cats fix their
    own corruptions.
    Always heard the more you stirred in Sh_t ! The
    more it stinks.
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    Oct 01 03:13 PM
    When I read mindless comments about a woman that ho one really knows, simply because she is John McCain's running mate, I wonder whether I live on the same planet as these posters, much less the same country.

    Forget the question of whether Palin or Biden a heartbeat away from the Presidency is a more frightening proposition. A Repubican colleague of mine, a Republican before that word meant neo-conservative, will not be voting for a Republican for the first time in his long life. His words: I can't think of a person (McCain) that I would least like to have the ability to launch nuclear weapons. He scares the livin' begeezus out of me.

    This debate isn't about Sarah Palin, her experience, her portfolio or who handles her finances. It's about John McCain and his choices.

    John McCain has demonstrated in the last few weeks a glimpse of that fear embdoied in my Republican friend's words. He saw our economy as "fundamentally strong" before he saw the need to suspend his campaign to save same economy, before he saw the need to attend the debate that he earlier had cancelled, before he saw the need to not suspend his campaign when the deal that he had sought to save the country had failed, but now it was OK to go ahead and confer with colleagues by phone when he criticized Obama for doing the same.

    That's all politics, but illustrative of McCain's state of mind.

    I could care less about Sarah Palin and her experience... fear John McCain.
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    Oct 01 03:39 PM
    Make her secretary of Treasury or Fed chairman.
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    Oct 01 06:55 PM
    Why would anyone care about Palin's portfolio ..? We only care about Palin because of the slight chance the bimbo might be VP..God forbid.
    Yeah, she's Joe Sixpack ..Just like our village idiot prez was a "great guy to have a beer with" ...Why won't the electorate ever learn ? We are in crisis mode and will be for years to come ..Moose stew just won't get it ....Apparently, a portion of the electorate will never get it either !
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    Oct 02 02:14 AM
    mediapro: if we could bring back ronald reagan, we would. mccain and palin are the next best thing. sorry, but your friend doesn't understand politics, either. we don't just want a president that is crazy enough to nuke someone else, we need one. other countries have to believe that our president is at least as crazy as theirs. mutual deterence has more to do with the person holding the button than anything in the silo. i don't just need a s&w sign outside my house. burglars have to know when they look in my eyes, that i will pull the trigger.

    oh, i know you probably think that this must be the rant of some right wing nut. actually, i'm a live and let live kind of guy. after college, i was a social worker in the murder capital of the world, gary indiana. after law school, i spent twenty years running a medical practice. i spent years walking the streets of manhattan and i've listened to people from all walks of life, from all around the world.

    take it from me: you cannot negotiate with crazy people, my friend. much as you want them to act sane, there are lots of irrational whack jobs out there. the only thing keeping them in check is fear of running into someone crazier than they are.
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    Oct 02 06:39 AM
    Sorry, but Curious Cat... Your argument, as far as I can tell, is that because a few crazy guys have a few nukes, you think its good to give a different crazy guy MOST of the nukes? Surely with all of your medical experience, you realize that crazy doesn't "cancel out." It's not as though one crazy guy is positive crazy, the other crazy guy is negative crazy, and the net crazy becomes zero.

    Anyways, Obama is corrupt and ambitious. Biden makes me lol. McCain is corrupt and jaded. Palin makes me lol. At the same time, my heart is filled with hope because W is on his way out.
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    Oct 02 09:01 AM
    It is discouraging is that a nim-rod like Palin could even become a mayor much less a V.P. candidate for the U.S. who is defended by all you knee-jerk Conservatives. If the Democrats had chosen Britney Spears as V.P. Candidate is would have been about the same as Palin on the Republican ticket except Britney probably has more money.
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    Oct 02 11:05 AM
    kumayoriburu: that is a beautiful argument. i loved that positive/negative analogy and i agree with your assessment of the candidates. . however, my point was that the enemy has to believe you will pull the trigger, not that you will do it. in general, anyone running for office has got some kind of mental problem. we just have to elect the "positive" crazies.

    i play tennis with an older, gentle looking, thai guy who was special forces in nam. in his broken english, he always tells me, "you look like killer." to which i respond, "yes, but you are killer." looks can be deceiving.


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    Oct 02 11:27 AM
    INTU has a p/e of 22.47, not the editing error listed.

    Foob
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    Oct 02 01:41 PM
    Since it's all Bush and Cheney and blahblahblah (the Republicans) fault,
    How do you explain these?

    www.bloomberg.com/apps...

    online.wsj.com/article...

    dealbook.blogs.nytimes.../

    And maybe the most damning of all...
    4.bp.blogspot.com/_FiN...

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    Oct 02 04:16 PM
    As my my Dad said (without moving his lips) as he smiled and waved goodbye to the county commisioner..He's a crook son..You know how I know this?..He's a politician...if he wasn't a crook, he wouldn't be one! Pretty much the same applies to all as usual in this one. To those who who think this election will really matter...enjoy!
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    Oct 02 05:43 PM

    Somebody in this family was smart enough to get a financial adviser and judging from her various statements it most likely was not her.
    I think I will move next door to a brain surgeon and watch him go to work and come home for a few months and then if someone asked me if I know how the brain functions I tell them I live next to a Brain surgeon, and according to Palin I’m well qualified.
    Can you just picture this person as PRESIDENT

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    Oct 02 06:28 PM
    Curious cat, that last statement again goes off of some pretty wild assumptions. Take some advice here and don't let yourself be ruled by fear and ignorance. What evidence, since the burden of proof lies with you on this, does McCain show/provide that he isn't crazy? If anything, you are supporting the fact that you think McCain is indeed crazy (Obama can be included here as well, for all I care). For example, "in general, anyone running for office has got some kind of mental problem. we just have to elect the "positive" crazies." I thought we put the notion of positive and negative crazies to rest, but you persist. In any case, I couldn't care less about Palin's portfolio and to be honest I doubt she manages most of it. Why, when she should be devoting much more of her time to family and her political career? That's not to say she doesn't have an interest in her portfolio though. Either way, the issue concerning whether or not she manages her portfolio does little to stir my soul. Neither do her choices in general. Last little bit, kumayoriburu, I completely agree with your assessment of the two political tickets.
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    Oct 02 09:37 PM
    Just the usual mindless partisan malarkey here. Thus far, in my estimation, this is truly an election where we are picking the lesser of evils. I am actually considering voting for Palin because it was irritate the snobbish elite who like to judge people based upon their shallow worldviews. And that scares me!

    While I could not care less what is in Palin's portfolio, I would venture to say that hers is doing as well, if not better than most of ours!
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    Oct 04 12:26 AM
    klorentz: we are all ruled by fear and ignorance. some of us are acting brave because we are afraid and some of us just don't know we're ignorant. in any case, we all agreed that you have to be crazy to go into politics. so, a positive crazy is one that can gain us some political advantage and at least be perceived as crazy by the rest of the world.

    as for assumptions, i make two of them. first, we have more safeguards on our nukes than they show in the movies. second, anyone making it through our political campaigns, without self destructing, can probably hold it together for a few more years.
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    Oct 04 02:50 AM
    curious cat.

    What state (of mind or otherwise) do you live in? Just want to make sure that I stear clear of your mind (lessness).
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