Confession: I used to think "diversification" meant having 3 different tech stocks 😅
Took me an embarrassingly long time (and one rough year) to learn that owning Apple, Google, and Microsoft is not a diversified portfolio — it's a bet on "tech goes up."
The lesson that actually stuck: real diversification means owning things that don't move together. Different sectors, different asset classes, maybe some bonds you'll pretend to be interested in.
The boring stuff works. I wish someone had told

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I mean, your accidental strategy still probably netted you more even with the down year. So count yourself lucky that you rode years of the best growth stocks in history, before taking a relatively minor punch in the face that prompted you to pivot to a more balanced approach with most of your profits.

The alternative was a more educated approach, that would have resulted in smaller gains.

Win win I suppose?

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