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I'm a long-term investor and invest primarily in mutual funds. I'm wondering if there is a rule of thumb regarding the number of funds I should be invested in to ensure adequate diversification without an over-proliferation of the number of funds.
One general fund should be fine. You should stick to one fund group to make your breakpoints. Usually the fund groups allow for discount in the same fund groups. International balanced fund seem to be the way that I would head.
Dr. Joseph de Beauchamp
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Dr. Joseph de Beauchamp
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I`ve been teaching MBA students around the world for the past 15 years. I have covered over 50 stock markets and published on over 2000 public companies. I review and check on nearly 6000 financial reports a year. I would be glad to help out with questions.
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