Monday, February 3, 2025

Cutting Stock Holdings

The news was good for the Mexican tariffs.  They were postponed for a month this morning. Markets are still down, although not as far as they were earlier today.

Indicators are still falling so I am cutting stock holdings.

I sold: SPY and SSO. My stock holdings were 75% of the total portfolio. That’s far too high given the current uncertainty in the markets.  I’ll assess my QLD position tonight – I need to do a portfolio check.

I am targeting cutting my stock holdings to 50% of the portfolio. For a retiree, that’s a more comfortable position than “over-invested.”