Sentences with phrase «avoid over diversification»

In your view, how many Mutual Funds would you recommend that one should have in their portfolio in order to avoid over diversification.

Avoid over diversification.

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Ben shares some ideas on options for investors who are sitting on large gains in their portfolio, with a focus on position sizing (rebalance when something gets larger than your targeted asset allocation), avoiding concentration in a single stock (specifically employer granted stocks), the benefits of diversification, and «reverse dollar cost averaging», whereby you gradually reduce your stake in highly valued equity by regular sales over a course of several months.

So while under diversification can be devastating; over diversification should be avoided too.