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Does anyone have guidelines stating the max investment that
should be allotted to each sector? I'd appreciate any
suggestions
Focus on growth/size diversification and know that many, many successful investment clubs do not "steer" by sector. As the manager of the Brown Small Company Index Fund said recently, "I've never owned a financial stock. I'm sector benchmark agnostic. I go where the opportunities are." We think this is a great way to think about it.

For a different perspective, see: https://www.manifestinvesting.com/articles/201112cover

Mark Robertson
Manifest Investing

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Dianne Hirt <dianne.hirt@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone have guidelines stating the max investment that
should be allotted to each sector? I'd appreciate any
suggestions

You don't need stocks from ALL the sectors; 3-4-5 sectors would be sufficient for diversification. Just be careful that you don't get "overload" in any single sector--spread the funds around more or less evenly.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Mark Robertson <markr@manifestinvesting.com> wrote:
Focus on growth/size diversification and know that many, many successful investment clubs do not "steer" by sector. As the manager of the Brown Small Company Index Fund said recently, "I've never owned a financial stock. I'm sector benchmark agnostic. I go where the opportunities are." We think this is a great way to think about it.

For a different perspective, see: https://www.manifestinvesting.com/articles/201112cover

Mark Robertson
Manifest Investing

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Dianne Hirt <dianne.hirt@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone have guidelines stating the max investment that
should be allotted to each sector? I'd appreciate any
suggestions


Lunch Money Investment Club has gone by the guideline of 30% max per sector, 15% value for any one stock, stop buying a stock at 12%, and a 2% minimum for new purchases, if possible.


Bob

On July 8, 2016 at 4:36 PM Jeanne Tieken <jeannetieken@gmail.com> wrote:

You don't need stocks from ALL the sectors;  3-4-5 sectors would be sufficient for diversification.  Just be careful that you don't get "overload" in any single sector--spread the funds around more or less evenly.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Mark Robertson <markr@manifestinvesting.com> wrote:
Focus on growth/size diversification and know that many, many successful investment clubs do not "steer" by sector.  As the manager of the Brown Small Company Index Fund said recently, "I've never owned a financial stock. I'm sector benchmark agnostic. I go where the opportunities are."  We think this is a great way to think about it. 

For a different perspective, see: https://www.manifestinvesting.com/articles/201112cover

Mark Robertson
Manifest Investing

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Dianne Hirt <dianne.hirt@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone have guidelines stating the max investment that
should be allotted to each sector?  I'd appreciate any
suggestions