By: Pat S
Protect yourself… from yourself. Diversify your primary accounts – 401(k), Roth or other retirement funds, and speculate with a small side account. That way, if you suck as a stock picker, you don’t...
View ArticleBy: tbork84
That’s a great point that many of the small fish tend to forget. The shares that we own are stakes of ownership, but not enough of a stake to make any difference in how the company is run.
View ArticleBy: Ceecee
I like the orchestra analogy…..Diversification has helped my teeny portfolio more than once…..when oil was tanking, tech was rising, etc. It is hard to do, you tend to favor one sector over others, but...
View ArticleBy: DonnaFreedman
If you don’t diversify, you’ll fall a lot farther — and land a lot harder — should the “sure thing” turn out to be a bad deal. I don’t pretend to know finance in and out, but “don’t put all your eggs...
View ArticleBy: lynn
It’s common sense to deversify. We use a fancy word for it, but generations past put it best with their quaint sayings. Don’t put your eggs in one basket comes to mind here.
View ArticleBy: Kathryn C
I agree, but to me these two investment strategies aren’t even comparable (ie what he’s doing and what we, the average investor, do). He’s focused on taking an active position in the companies he...
View ArticleTo Diversify Or Not To Diversify
That is the question. For most small-time investors, diversification is necessary. Index funds offer diversification across a type of investment, and with a strategy like this, you can be sure you’re...
View ArticleTo Diversify Or Not To Diversify
That is the question. For most small-time investors, diversification is necessary. Index funds offer diversification across a type of investment, and with a strategy like this, you can be sure you’re...
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