A couple of days ago, I used Perplexity to ascertain which, if any, stocks to buy. Today, I ran our portfolio through Perplexity to obtain recommended stocks to sell, if any, which is named “Rationalizing your portfolio.”

This is the Prompt followed by the analysis Perplexity provided:

Prompt: Of the stocks in our portfolio that we manage, which, if any, should we sell?

TickerRecommendationKey Rationale
AIROHoldBullish long-term forecasts
DPROHoldAnalyst consensus “Strong Buy”
RCATHold/Review gainsMild uptrend, no strong sell signal
SPAIConsider SellShort-term bearish, downside risk remains
UMACHoldStrong buy, bullish forecasts
DRSHEConsider SellNegative forecasts despite strong business growth
ONDSHold/ReviewFlat or declining forecasts, watch for sustained weakness
DXConsider SellBDC weakness, poor price performance vs. peers
HRZNConsider SellNAV decline, sector & asset quality risks
OBDCHoldStable vs. sector, no glaring red flags
TRINHoldPositive relative performance, among top BDC picks

Based on Perplexity’s recommendations, I sold the four stocks it recommended to sell. This morning in Monday’s WSJ, I read an article about how foreign stocks are outperforming U.S.-based stocks. I then used Perplexity and requested a listing of ETFs that are invested in foreign stocks. The one that stood out was Vanguard’s VYMI, which I used the proceeds from the previous sales to purchase 480 shares of.

Before making the buying decision, I asked Perplexity if VYMI was a good replacement for the BDCs we had just sold, based on its recommendation, and received the following advice, located in the PDF below. You know what’s really neat about this: anyone can do it!