The dangers of diversification

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Pension funds should embrace diversification, but not let it distract them from their key objectives or lull them into a false sense of security, say Patrick McCoy and James Morgan

According to Mark Twain, the conventional wisdom about eggs and baskets was not so obviously superior: 'Behold, the fool says, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a manner of ...

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