Until recently I was 100% stocks, although that did include some REITS. Very few stocks appeal right now and I finally decided to at least get a modest position in fixed income. Bond funds were and are of no interest, so I looked at preferreds and a few ETNs. Being lazy, I have done very little original due diligence and have mostly borrowed ideas from this site and a few others.
Most of my original purchases were in the high risk category, which may not have been prudent, but has paid off well so far since all were bought below par and have gone up nicely along with average dividends of around 10%. My reason for buying AES-C is my lack of faith in the long term fate of these high yield issues and an attempt to resist my addiction to yield and move to lower paying but more reliable offerings.
Other things I have acquired include a decent position in BGEPF which I read about here and which has done well (thank you all). I also have a fair amount of PBB and VERPRF (along with the VER common) which I will probably keep. More marginal items, which I only buy a few hundred shares of, are DXPRA, RFTA, AGNCB, AMTGPRA, CLNYPRC, and CYSPRB. And maybe one or two others I forget right now.
Incidentally, none of these have anything to do with what I live on which is why I am probably not as careful as I could be.