
Diversification Misfires: Why Your Portfolio Might Be “Diversified”—and Still Terrible
Physicians are trained to diagnose, not diversify. And yet, many doctors carry the belief that simply “owning a mix of investments” equals safety. Unfortunately, diversification done poorly can give the illusion of security while quietly setting your portfolio up for unnecessary risk.

Diversification
One of the deceptive roadblocks that I noticed when I set off on my journey of learning all things finance was the use and understanding of seemingly simple words. Because they are so commonly used in everyday life, sometimes we don’t think twice about them and perhaps assume we know how the term is applied despite a different context. For me, diversity was one of those words.