Risk and diversification · Lesson 2 · 4 min read
Diversification: spreading money out
A beginner's explanation of diversification, using a $1,000 example comparing one company with a fund holding 500 companies. Covers spreading across companies, industries, asset types and countries, what diversification cannot do, and what rebalancing means.
Published September 14, 2026
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