Investing: How Many Stocks Should You Own?

Investing: How Many Stocks Should You Own?
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By James K. Glassman From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

The U.S. market as a whole has produced average annual returns of about 10 percent over the past century, but it doesn’t go up 10 percent every year. In roughly one out of four years, it declines—sometimes a lot.