Everyone talks about diversification, but how diverse do you really need to be? Can you just invest in one fund? Pensioncraft's Ramin Nakisa is personal finance YouTube royalty in the UK. Ramin walks us through some of the major assets classes, and their pros and cons but also why one investment might just be enough for you to beat most professional investors, forever.

This episode was recorded in July 2023 so some information may have changed since then.

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Chapters:
00:0000:46 Introduction
00:4606:40 Why professional investors fail
06:4011:29 How to do it cheaper and better than the professionals
11:2914:07 Global or S&P 500?
14:0715:03 Manual ad
15:0321:45 How many funds should you have in your portfolio?
21:4525:45 Why bonds are sexy (now)
25:4530:36 Gold and cryptocurrency
30:3631:46 Sensate ad
31:4638:34 How to buy bonds
38:3444:25 Holding property in your ISA via REITs
44:2549:14 Derisking
49:1457:37 Why Ramin left his job to start a Youtube channel
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