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Hiding behind diversification

Phil Edwards

September 06, 2019

“Diversification is the only free lunch” is on
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One response to “Hiding behind diversification”

  1. branton@kenton-dau.com

    Phil, you may have overlooked a key reason to diversify, to reduce systemic risk of market correction/collapse. Only assets that are outside the fiat system can do this e.g. gold, property, digital currencies. Have a look at Genuine Portfolio Diversification (GPD) https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/introducing-genuine-portfolio-diversification-gpd-a4e2f49068b

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