
7 Rules For Investing - Diversify Your Portfolio - Rule 1
Diversify your portfolio The aim of diversification is to ensure you have a spread of investments as different investments do not move in the same way at the same time. This means that while one investment might be losing value it could be counter balanced by another that is gaining. There are a number of different ways that you can diversify your portfolio: Asset classes –Invest across different asset classes. The main asset classes are Shares, Property ,Cash and Fixed Inter