Portfolio Update in June - Liquidated my REITs Portfolio in March 2026 and added it to the US market

My stocks portfolio has hit all time highs, not cos of Tesla (little bit of contribution) nor IBIT/Bitcoin but mostly because of QQQ and CSPX. I am quite surprised that QQQ is the one that helped propel the value of the stock portfolio because I thought it would be Tesla (a little growth) or IBIT, but IBIT has been disappointing as crypto goes into one of it dark times where no one is even bothering talking about it and even pivoting to AI so the downwards trend sees no support. 

QQQ is a substantial portion of my portfolio and I am adding to it as well. Other than that, I added some Nokia position, in terms of long term calls and a small stock position. Photonics have been popping up on my twitter feed, I added COHR in May 2026, it is in profit but wow, the volatility of photonics stocks are crazy, I can see stocks like LITE, AAOI, AEHR, AXTI go up like 20% and drop 20% in a day. So I do cash secured puts on them, particularly AEHR and AXTI so far and have earned pretty good premiums without being assigned, if assigned, I will sell covered calls on them. 

I liquidated my REITs portfolio in March 2026 as it was really a laggard compared to the rest of my portfolio, wasn't a big position, about $8000 so I reinvested it in the US market. I think I will reconsider REITs once I am older or when my portfolio crosses a certain amount. 

It was a volatile quarter but most days were green compared to red. It is nice chasing the highs and when ever I bought some thing, it was in profit. Feels a little surreal and dangerous so I do find that putting aside some cash while doing my DCA is a good precaution eg when AVGO released their earnings, missed top-line revenue estimates and issued guidance that failed to outpace soaring AI market expectations then the market reacted and it was a good buying opportunity although it was short-lived. 

My portfolio has not seen the huge and crazy growth as I do not hold much semiconductors and so nothing too exciting. Seems like a great area to add more bitcoin and maybe do some short term trades. 

Crypto portfolio disappointing results as it drops back to previous prices or maybe lower as 2024 and 2025. Not too much action here as crypto money pivots to AI stocks and more exciting areas, it might continue, this draining but well, we will wait and see. I will accumulate some position slowly and see how it goes. Hopefully Bitcoin can go back to above $100,000 but so far not so many positive catalysts. 

Stock portfolio reached an all time high so far as I injected some funds in and the growth of QQQ really helps. At this point, I can see the efforts of compounding much stronger than when my portfolio was at a lower value. Of course, some are saying that the market is exceptionally high and seems it's time for a correction especially since the US-Iran war has not ended, CPI is high and the world just doesn't look like it should be an all time high in the stock market but well, we shall see if it can hold and continue up or a correction is due. 

Total portfolio is not at all time high so just continuing my monthly DCA and hoping for some miracle in crypto haha. Time flies and we are concluding the first half of 2026 soon, well, hoping that 2nd half of 2026 brings more peace in the world. 

Portfolio is at all time highs but not as crazy as those on Reddit, why social media creates the FOMO feeling and intensifies it

I recently stopped using Instagram, I deleted the app and only log in occasionally eg every 2 weeks just to see and look, I find myself progressively able to live without opening it as I used to open Instagram a few times everyday, looking at the perfect and fun life everyone posted. The only downside is that I don't get updates of my friend's life and so when we meet up, they will need to update me otherwise I wouldn't know what they have been up to. 

I realised that deleting Instagram frees up quite a bit of my time. I still have Facebook, X and Reddit but I don't spend as much time on Reddit and Facebook, however I do find myself spending more time on X but not as excessive. With that, I do see a huge amount of post on gains in Micron, AMD and all the other stocks that have moonshot both in Reddit and X, in a sense, I do feel FOMO looking at them as they are all names that I have considered adding into my portfolio. Heck, I even held AMD before but I sold them at $190. What a disappointment!

With that being said, investing is really a game of emotions, QQQ has gone up quite a bit and is a proportion of my portfolio however if I were to compare that to Micron, AMD, EWY or other stocks that have went out then I would be upset. However, it is not bad growth, I have a friend who is heavily invested in semiconductor stocks and so the comparison makes me feel like my gains haven't been enough. I think buying the index is great and enough for me at the moment, I realised individual stocks do require an amount of research and conviction to hold it. 

Comparison is the thief of joy and I very much believe in it. I think being so perpetually online makes the comparison intensify and it makes you not satisfied with what you have now. I am currently trying to reduce my social media usage and see how it all pans out. This is why I am now writing more as I find that putting my thoughts down or just having a platform to share things can help me fulfil my time in a more productive way and take my mind away from all the doomscrolling. 

Will be doing a portfolio update soon, together with sharing my options (cash secured puts) strategy so far.  Time flies and we are already in the month of June, the year is passing way too fast.