LESSON 8.1 · CORE

Don't keep all your acorns in one tree

How spread out is spread out enough — and how to spot a lopsided portfolio.

BUILDING A PORTFOLIO4 MIN READ

Concentration is how portfolios get hurt: one holding, or one sector, having a bad year at the wrong moment. Diversification is the unglamorous fix — enough separate businesses that none of them gets to decide your result.

In the app, sector weight is the fastest tell. When one sector grows into a large slice of everything you own, you're making one bet through several names, and that is concentration risk.

Financials34%
Consumer staples21%
Utilities18%
Healthcare15%
Everything else12%

One sector at 34%. Whether that's too much is your call — the Diversification Target widget compares it with the mix you set.

Check your sector weights →

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