Is Diversification a Trap? The Truth About Why 10 Stocks Diversified Your Losses More Neatly
Open your brokerage account—over a dozen stocks, ETFs spanning every category, and you think this is risk diversification? The truth: you've just spread your money across highly overlapping assets that fall together. This article unpacks the three biggest "fake diversification" traps that retail investors fall into, and teaches you how to dynamically balance diversification and concentration based on your capital size and stress tolerance. Investing is never a binary choice—it's a dynamic balance that matches your stage.