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3.11 – Equal Weight vs Concentrated Portfolios: Which Strategy Is Better?
Equal-weight and concentrated portfolios can own exactly the same investments yet produce very different outcomes. Learn how portfolio weighting affects diversification, conviction, risk and the influence individual stocks have over your overall portfolio.
Compounding Investor
Sep 1025 min read


3.10 – Asset Allocation by Age: How Should Your Portfolio Change as You Get Older?
How should your asset allocation change as you get older? Explore how age, retirement, withdrawal needs, time horizon and financial circumstances can influence the balance between stocks, bonds and cash — and why age-based formulas alone are rarely enough.
Compounding Investor
Sep 828 min read


3.8 – Portfolio Drift Explained: When Should You Rebalance?
Portfolio drift happens when different investment returns gradually move your portfolio away from its intended allocation. Learn how to measure portfolio drift, understand when it changes risk, and decide when rebalancing may actually be necessary.
Compounding Investor
Sep 522 min read


3.6 – Sector Allocation Strategy: How Much Should You Invest in Each Sector?
Owning investments across multiple sectors does not automatically create a balanced portfolio. This guide explains how sector allocation works, how to measure direct and indirect sector exposure, identify concentration risk and build a more deliberate long-term portfolio structure.
Compounding Investor
Aug 3019 min read


3.5 – How Many Stocks Should You Own?
How many stocks should you own? There is no universally correct number. Learn how diversification changes as you add stocks, when additional holdings provide diminishing benefits, and how to avoid building an unnecessarily complex or over-diversified portfolio.
Compounding Investor
Aug 2720 min read


3.4 – How Much of Your Portfolio Should Be in One Stock?
How much of your portfolio should be in one stock? Learn how position sizing, concentration risk and portfolio drift can cause a successful investment to become far more influential than originally intended.
Compounding Investor
Aug 2418 min read


3.3 – Portfolio Rebalancing Explained
Portfolio rebalancing explained graphic showing how market movements can cause equities, bonds and other assets to drift from their intended portfolio allocation.
Compounding Investor
Aug 2116 min read


3.2 – Core vs Satellite Investing
Core vs satellite investing infographic showing how a diversified core portfolio provides the foundation while deliberately limited satellite investments add targeted opportunities within a controlled asset allocation strategy.
Compounding Investor
Aug 1816 min read


1.13 – Portfolio Analysis Excel: What Most Investor Spreadsheets Miss
Portfolio Analysis Excel infographic showing what investment spreadsheets track well versus what they often miss, including ETF overlap, concentration risk, allocation drift and portfolio-wide exposure.
Compounding Investor
Aug 1524 min read
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