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    Personal Finance: Don’t conflate Asset Allocation with Diversification

    Asset allocation reduces asset specific risk, and diversification reduces investment specific risk

    Larissa Fernand
    August 09, 2024 / 08:53 IST
    Investors conflating asset allocation and diversification is such a common mistake, even though it is such a basic tenet of investing.
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