Sold the last of my DE and MMM. My research on their near-term reality is close enough to sound IMO. There will be a better day to buy. Wish I was invested another 10% of my port last week but I am not and not changing that with FOMO now.
On a happier note a long-term goal has finally been met (exceeded) a little early. I started my retirement boat account with the smoldering debris of the tech bubble crash in 2001. I knew I would be too cheap to use my regular retirement funds for a fancy fishing boat purchase nobody could really ever justify. A smallish amount of money and never added a dime of new capital in 19 years. Until a year ago it was only MSFT-JNJ-XEL-PFE and I just let it ride. A little more diversified these days but I need to be careful I don't lose it. We hit market ATHs soon and I am going to go conservative with it finally. Maybe I will buy the boat next year which would be at least a year earlier than planned.
Overall I guessed wrong on 2020 for sure, but I will remain optimistic.
On a happier note a long-term goal has finally been met (exceeded) a little early. I started my retirement boat account with the smoldering debris of the tech bubble crash in 2001. I knew I would be too cheap to use my regular retirement funds for a fancy fishing boat purchase nobody could really ever justify. A smallish amount of money and never added a dime of new capital in 19 years. Until a year ago it was only MSFT-JNJ-XEL-PFE and I just let it ride. A little more diversified these days but I need to be careful I don't lose it. We hit market ATHs soon and I am going to go conservative with it finally. Maybe I will buy the boat next year which would be at least a year earlier than planned.
Overall I guessed wrong on 2020 for sure, but I will remain optimistic.