TLDR: About $10k from company stock just dropped into a rollover IRA, cash. Do I just add to my current portfolio or buy new?
So an old ESOP was just transferred over to my brokerage account and due some events of TLNE(too long, not explaining) it was changed from company stock to cash. It's a Rollover IRA so the money is separate from the rest of my accounts and is basically up to my reinvesting decisions now. I do plan to use about 15% on my old company shares at full price, I'm not crying at missing the former discount cuz this plan was funded fully by the company so none of it was “my” money. My original plan with it was to keep these shares as is cuz even tho I was leaving, I still believed in the company as a solid long term blue chip stock, yet now that it's all cash I can't help but give in to the temptation to diversify.
My question is do I just build up copying my current portfolio with the same shares, or y'know experiment on some new stuff I've eyed? Maybe allocate a “fun” percentage, a percentage that continues the trends as normal and some in cash for DCA-ing away or a crash? I've always expected this to come in decided as company stock and now I'm unsure which route to run.
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