Individual stocks versus ETFs
I think some of us have made the move you're pondering right now for largely the same reasons. The risk between an ETF or CEF going "bye-bye" as it were should hopefully be far less than that of a single company. With that extra margin of perceived safety comes the fact that the potential for reward may be less, at least from a volatility capture mechanism such as AIM or variants thereto.
Of all the benefits they could do for US taxpayers might be to up the amount of deductible losses one can take from one's taxes (assuming a taxable account). I think it's been "stuck" at $3000 for a long time. I think this year and going forward to $5000 might well make more sense.
That aside, depending on where your holdings are, it might be worth at least reviewing which stocks are stronger or weaker, then maybe look to remove the weakest from the list first into some fund, letting the stronger ride it out more for now. The important lesson from any investment plan: don't lose money! But if you must, minimize the loss!
Best,
AIMster
