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State Street Sector ETFs: 2-Month Update — I Cut 3, Kept 2, Added 1

$45K across three non-tech sectors. One is down 5%. Here's why I'm still building.

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Rico Nasol
Jul 02, 2026
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Two months ago I started a test.

Five State Street sector-based premium income ETFs. Small positions. The goal: find non-tech income that actually holds up while the rest of my portfolio rides the tech bull run.

I gave an honest 1-month update. Mixed results. Some green, some red. All paying income.

Now it’s time for the real update — because the portfolio looks very different. I exited three positions. Kept two. Added one. And I’m dollar-cost averaging into all three survivors on a weekly basis.

Here’s the full breakdown.

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