I have had heard of the above mantra from chat groups and online blogs, possibly due to the perception that banks are (deemed) overpriced, and the recovery of real estate investment trusts (REITs) are in progress as observed from price movements and analyst reports. Picture generated by Meta AI In portfolio management terms, this is rebalancing, where assets of different asset classes/regions/sectors are bought and sold to maintain the desired portfolio make-up. Within the action of rebalancing, however, there are variations in its execution; on one end some do it passively and periodically, while on the other end some do it actively and opportunistically to capture gains from anticipated events and news. Back on the action of selling banks and buying REITs, it would be dependent on one’s portfolio, investment strategy and methodology used, and which part of the above described active-passive spectrum one is at. Depending on each investor’s...