Doing the math, Pabrai seems likely to hold around 11 - 12 positions, which is still fairly concentrated, although provides
some diversification out of equity specific risk (non market risk) and makes «riskier» bets a smaller proportion of his portfolio.
This diversification out of equities can help should these black swan events occur.
Not exact matches
If
equities in one part
of the world are overvalued,
diversification helps ensure that lower valuations in other parts
of the world help offset any potential risks and even
out portfolio returns over time.
There is a vehicle to get the gains from foreign
equity diversification that washes
out currency fluctuations, at a reasonable cost in my view, in the form
of iShares ETF funds XSP (S&P 500) and XIN (MSCI EAFE).
But, as the research points
out, there is a «common view that
diversification is isolated to
equities and means buying
equities of different types such as value or non-U.S..
Negative correlation is what
diversification is all about: any part
of your portfolio that goes up when
equities go down is a welcome addition, so exposure to these currencies is a benefit, and hedging wipes it
out.
For investors seeking
out the proverbial free lunch
of international
equity diversification — like returns with lower risk — this doesn't sound like a favorable shift in trends.
True about
diversification — I go big (relative % to my total account value) into different positions, but not so big that a wipe
out of one
equity would kill me.
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diversifications expressed in the text, and others
out of number.