PHEW... so I just executed a bunch of ETF orders and got in right before the 'dinner bell' lol - I basically sold off all my loss positions in 'random' ETFs I had gone into (DVY, HDV, SDY, IXUS, ITOT and IVV) and purchased VXUS. What's annoying, at least with Fidelity, is that the available amount of capital isn't immediately reflected so I had to keep track of and tally up the dollar amount then finally purchase VXUS. Didn't account for that time-sink on top of deciding what to do in general before all this went down.
On that note, I didn't get around to selling my position in FSPSX today but am debating now if I should just sell it off (rather than fund exchange it) and purchase VXUS with the funds from that sale. If I were to do this, would it mean that I wouldn't be able to buy VXUS until Friday at this point? I thought, from what I read above, that mutual fund orders are executed pretty much at close of market/4pm. So if I place the sell order tomorrow (Thurs) with the intent of using the funds to purchase the VXUS ETF, I basically won't be able to purchase until market open on Friday, right?