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The original portfolio was geographically diversified but inefficient for a long-term taxable account because it combined a leveraged ETF (SPXL), which is designed for short-term trading and adds excess volatility and tax drag, with overlapping international funds (VXUS and VEU) that duplicated exposure without improving diversification.
I’d simply go 70/30 allocation of VOO and VXUS
You’re gonna create a taxable event either way, so I’d just do it now
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The goal isn’t to have more funds. I wouldn’t put 1/3 of my holdings in non-us funds but not sure what else you hold in 401ks and such. SPXL is a bit of a bet. I might take a bet that SCOTUS will rule against tariffs and that the market will jump when that happens. On the other hand if they rule that trump can hand out tariffs the market is likely to drop.