Hear Kevin explain what has been happening in markets with key points related to understanding diversification, risk, and four key economic regimes for investors to balance against. Learn why even a "balanced investor" has 90% of risk coming from one asset class, and why bad behavior is causing severe pain for many return-chasing investors as they go down with the ARKK. 

The egghead alert may sound on this episode, but Kevin will keep things at a high, understandable level at this crucial time.

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Listen for these key topics: 

1:43 - Why we're talking about this 

3:25 - Emotion creeping in

5:55 - Don't lose sight of the purpose of the money

9:30 - So many factors to changing expectations

10:32 - YTD returns we've seen

12:24 - Idea of diversification

16:16 - Recent stock values

17:45 - ARKK ETF

21:03 - The investing environment and factors that change it

23:25 - Risk from stocks vs bonds

29:02 - What's been working this year?

33:16 - Takeaways 

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