Diversification
Topic
In finance, diversification is the process of allocating capital across a variety of assets to reduce exposure to any single risk or source of volatility. By investing in assets whose prices do not move in perfect synchrony, a diversified portfolio can achieve lower overall variance and risk than its individual components.
What experts have said about Diversification
3 statements · 1 positive · 2 negative
Dilutive distractions and expansions cause many businesses to fail.
“The phenomenon that causes most businesses to fail, it's dilutive distractions or where it's dilutive expansions.”
Open the episode · Top Bitcoin Holder: Ask AI To Do THIS, Stop Trying To Out-Work The Robots! | Michael SaylorListen at 1:08:55
Diversifying his early investments would have materially improved Oseary’s outcome.
“Had I diversified, I would have done incredibly well.”
Open the episode · #874: Guy Oseary — The Legendary Hollywood Power Broker on 5-Minute Decisions, 36 Years of Managing Madonna, 26 IPOs, and Spotting Magic FirstListen at 49:41
Concentrating most capital in one investment caused Oseary significant losses.
“I didn't diversify. Put the majority of my money in one thing and I paid the price for it for the next two years.”
Open the episode · #874: Guy Oseary — The Legendary Hollywood Power Broker on 5-Minute Decisions, 36 Years of Managing Madonna, 26 IPOs, and Spotting Magic FirstListen at 49:41
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