Ep012: Does Diversification Alone Reduce Systematic Market Risk?
Broken Pie Chart
English - November 11, 2018 12:52 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsInvesting Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: EP011: How Do Interest Rates Affect the Economy and Stock Market?
Next Episode: EP013: The Option Volatility Episode
Welcome to the Broken Pie Chart Podcast Episode 12. In this episode Derek Moore discusses why diversification alone may not reduce systematic material stock market risk using the backdrop of the 2008 Financial Crisis. Plus, potential solutions using real hedging in portfolios.
Key Takeaways:
• What are the two main types of stock market investment risk? • What is single stock or concentrated stock risk? • What is systematic market risk? • What is diversifiable stock risk? • Why spreading investments between sectors or regions may not reduce risk in a material correction • Comparing investment returns during the 2007 to 2009 peak to trough in areas of the market • What typical advice from “experts” you tend to hear during market selloffs • How dividend paying stocks only provide so much protection against market selloffs • Strategies that have embedded hedges, floors, or buffers to reduce stock market risk • How bonds low interest rates may make them less appealing as a stock market hedge • Alternative investment strategies to manage systematic risk in markets
Mentioned in this Episode:
Broken Pie Chart Book by Derek Moore https://amzn.to/2MibTSk
Mark Cuban says “Diversification is for idiots” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Pp1HEKSPM
Episode Talking About Buy and Hedge Strategies https://player.fm/series/broken-pie-chart/why-investors-need-a-protective-hedged-equity-strategy