My most unexpected investment success of 2017
When I invested in Deutsche Post, I reckoned it would be a steady, stable stock. I hadn’t anticipated how well it would meet its challenges
Diversification of risk and reward can take many forms: geographic diversity, industry diversity, highly leveraged investments or modestly leveraged ones. Cyclical exposures and non-cyclical, start-ups versus mature businesses, diversity of asset class equities, commodities, property, gilts or junk bonds. Many of us, if we are busy on a number of fronts, may avoid looking for too much diversity and sometimes cut corners for want of time. In my experience, I have almost always ...
