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Timing of investment sales

Pat38493 · 2023-11-04 07:59:51

If I want to rebalance or sell part of my investments, as far as I understand, I have no control over the exact time of the sale? For example with funds, the price changes once per day, but if I tell my provider (in my case II and Aegon) to sell, I don't know whether they will sell the same day, the next day, or even…

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dunstonh Posts: 120,611 Forumite

4 November 2023 at 8:14PM

Is this a reason in favour of a switch into ETFs or is it really not that important in the grand scheme of things?
ETFs do not have any FSCS protection. And can be more complex than UT/OEIC equivalents. Sometimes cheaper but sometimes more expensive.

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