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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:24PM (#46893939)
Sell the risky stock that has inflated in value from hype cycle exuberance and re-invest proceeds into lower risk asset classes not driven by said exuberance. "Taking money off the table." An example would be taking ISO or RSU proceeds and reinvesting in VT (Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF) or other diversified index funds.

Taking money off the table - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45763769 - October 2025 (108 comments)

(not investing advice)

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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by ChuckMcM on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:47PM (#46894123)
What tomuchtodo said. When I left Sun in 1995 I had 8,000 shares, which in 1998 would have paid off my house, and when I sold them when Oracle bought Sun after a reverse 3:1 split, the total would not even buy a new car. Can be a painful lesson, certainly it leaves an impression.
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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by fallous on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:40PM (#46894967)
Heh, I was at Netscape when the Sun-Netscape Alliance was created. Tip of the hat to a fellow gray beard. ;)
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Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by sehansen on Friday February 13, 2026 @06:53AM (#47001697)
Eh, the top ten stocks in that fund are Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Broadcom, Google, Facebook, Tesla and TSMC. I propose looking for an ex-USA fund to put part of your investment into. Vanguard has a few, e.g. https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profi... . You still get TSMC, Tencent, ASML, Samsung and Alibaba in the top 10, but the global stock markets seem less tech-frothy than the US.

(also not investing advice :)

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