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It pays to diversify your investments because it's a tall order to predict how the stock market moves

It pays to diversify your investments because it is a tall order to predict how the stock market moves.

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Allison Schrager

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Investing these days feels harder than ever. So much has changed, and there are so many uncertainties, from the financial (what’s going on with tech stocks?) to the cosmic (what will the new economic world order look like?).

To make matters worse, there is no haven – not gold, not crypto, not even US Treasuries.

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