Should You Be 100% Invested In Stocks?

Money For the Rest of Us

What are the pros and cons of having your entire investment portfolio invested in stocks versus a multi-asset class portfolio.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What are some investment options if you want to be 100% invested in stocks.
• What attributes do you need as investor to have an all stock portfolio.
• Why it is difficult for active managers to outperform.
• Why an all Japanese stock portfolio has severely underperformed for 25 years and how it is possible a U.S. stock portfolio could suffer the same fate.
• What are the pros and cons of a multi-asset class portfolio.
• Overview of The Simple Path to Wealth by J.L. Collins
• Overview of Investing at Level 3 by James B. Cloonan

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For show notes and more information on this episode click here.

• [0:19] Can investing really be as simple as investing 100% of your portfolio in stocks?
• [4:16] Can diligent analysis actually outperform the index?
• [8:50] Understanding the difference between risk and volatility.
• [14:24] Knowing the risks associated with investing 100% in stocks.
• [19:17] The influence of the crowd and the misjudgments of investors on the market.
• [23:25] The benefits of diversifying your portfolio.
• [26:43] Investing 100% in stocks is viable, but it will come with ups and downs.

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