Portfolio Rebalancing

howTwo readers of this blog left couple of intelligent questions in comment section on some of the articles. Both of these questions relate to what I term as rebalancing the portfolio (or profit booking). I wanted to wait until I posted articles on TIPBlog portfolio update and risk analysis. I wanted to discuss these two questions in the context of TIPBlog portfolio. It will help better understand the re-balancing and profit booking processes.

You may have read earlier post that discusses risk analysis. I made a comment that the portfolio has overexposure on few stocks like ONGC, LNT, etc. I also mentioned that I will not be selling any partial shares to bring down allocation. Many use the term profit booking for partial selling.

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TIPBlog Portfolio Update – Third Quarter 2009

UpdateThe 3Q2009 can be summarized as quarter of recovery. In my post SENSEX trends, I looked at quarterly earnings and profitability which showed signs of positive growth. It still remains to be seen whether this growth is sustainable and how long it is going to continue.


It is important for all do-it-yourself investors to make sure they are monitoring their portfolio and keep tracking of progress. Last progress update was for 1H2009 and was discussed in early June 2009. This post summarizes TIPBlog portfolio update and shows progress.

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