De-risking equity portfolio..?

StevieJ

Alexland wrote: »

If we look at it closer we might find 2008 was not such a speedy recovery.

Or speedy fall as in 'crash'.

Malthusian

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Hi all,
I have quite a lot of money invested in shares and think i should start to slowly de-risk by selling at opportune moments and then buying into something else. The problem is, what should i be looking to buy into?

If you are serious about de-risking, cash.

If your response to this is "but cash returns virtually nothing and my assets would be eaten away by inflation", then you are starting to remember why you invested in shares in the first place.

(As per above, if by "shares" you mean individual shares rather than funds, then you should consider switching into investments with less risk of permanent and total loss if appropriate.)

C_Mababejive

They are all FTSE100 individual share holdings eg RDSB/NG/CNA/BT/VOD... I may hang on for a while and take profits if and when things pick up. Some of these holdings are in the doldrums at the moment.

TBC15

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Thrugelmir

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I may hang on for a while and take profits if and when things pick up. Some of these holdings are in the doldrums at the moment.

Not cutting losses in the hope of recovery is never advisable. Being ruthless and not holding out of sentimentality is eesential when one invests.