Investing 102

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by dhutton

I have 12 stocks spread across several sectors in the Schwab account I opened in January. Now I want to invest some additional money. Some have done considerably better than others. A couple are down a few percent and I have a handful that are well above 10%. Should I invest the additional funds in the better performing stocks, or spread it evenly across the board? I also have a few that have done well in my 401k, would it be a good idea to add them to my Schwab account?

Thanks,
Don

I would ALWAYS choose MORE diversification over anything else. It's easy to load up on the current winners.... but they won't always be the winners... a year from now the loser could be your big winner!

I'd like you to look at ALL of your investable funds as one giant account... and don't duplicate - and get the most diversification you can get taking into consideration ALL of your investments.

It's ALL your money! Just because they are in different accounts doesn't really make any difference. That should only be a consideration when you're looking at investments inside the IRA - because you don't need tax advantaged investments in there -- they're already tax advantaged!