[turndownsideup]

Hmm SPY weighting... 6.6% AAPL 6% MSFT 2.9% AMZN 3.9% GOOGL 1.8% TSLA

Brain dead DCA + working in tech and getting RSU / ISO re-ups every year means you're just betting only on tech.

Customization allows you to mitigate/ manage some sector risk if you want it.

[pramsey]

Good point! I guess the prudent FAANG engineer would buy a total market fund and then short a portion of their employer to net out the overexposure. Would sure feel odd though!

[roland35]

Be sure to check your employer rules before doing this! It is probably against the rules to short or trade derivatives of your company stocks as an employee. At least at my employer this also applies to any fund containing >10% of our stock too.

A safer approach would be to just purchase a fund which excludes tech. Personally I'm too lazy to do this and just have a total market fund :)

[ctchocula]

Shorting your employer just in order to net out the overexposure seems putting the cart before the horse. Part of choosing who to work for is believing in the company's future financial outlook, because you are intentionally taking a long position in the company with your RSUs. Taking a short position both costs money and it would be simpler to take a long position in another company by choosing to work for them instead.

On the other hand, if you are 100% certain in your investment thesis that you don't want overexposure to any company including your employer, you could try direct indexing the rest of your portfolio e.g. buy S&P 500 except for your employer. Selling on vest is another simple alternative you could consider.

[hackernewds]

Shorting your place of employment is unethical, if not entirely illegal (IANAL)

[jamil7]

You can still do that with individual stocks or sector ETFs (if you can stomach the expense) while holding a broader index as the core.

[nerdponx]

Are there any funds that specifically seek to spread exposure across multiple sectors of the economy?

[aketchum]

yeah, VTSAX or other total market index funds