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☆ Here’s a Different Way to Think About Stock Diversification
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Ian Ayres | Barry Nalebuff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Two professors say that people should apply the same ‘timing’ logic to investing as they do when buying a house that they live in for decades. Investors often think of diversification as a free lunch—it allows them to maintain returns while reducing risk. But most people only get part of diversification right, and that can hurt them later in life. With traditional diversification, people spread money around different kinds of investments to mitigate risk. That approach misses a key opportunity: “diversifying” how you invest over time.

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☆ A Yale professor's new book sheds light on a seemingly obvious way to negotiate
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-13 | by ( Jonathan A. Knee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Barry Nalebuff's lively and elegant new book, "Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate," feels particularly timely. This makes the publication of Barry Nalebuff's lively and elegant new book, "Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate," particularly timely. Despite the provocative subtitle, Nalebuff's approach is neither radical nor new. This is the real value of Nalebuff's approach. "Split the Pie" makes a similar point when it highlights that "reputational concerns reinforce the incentive to split the pie."

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