What Diversification Actually Does
Diversification does not guarantee gains or remove loss. Here is the narrower, more useful thing it does.
Diversification is often described as not putting all your eggs in one basket, which is memorable and slightly misleading. What diversification actually does is reduce the impact of any single holding being wrong.
Holdings that move together offer less protection than their number suggests. Twenty positions in the same sector, reacting to the same interest-rate news, behave closer to one position than to twenty. Meaningful diversification comes from combining exposures whose fortunes depend on different drivers.
It is equally important to be clear about what diversification does not do. It does not prevent losses in a broad market decline, it does not turn a poor plan into a good one, and it does not remove the need to understand what you own.
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