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Portfolio Construction
Stage 16 · Act 7

Portfolio Construction

From “I own stocks” to “I have a portfolio.” You inherit a messy 14-position grab-bag and, across seven hands-on lessons, repair it into a clean, deliberate, core-satellite portfolio you actually built yourself.

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  1. 01

    How Many Positions Is Right

    Fourteen positions sounds diversified — until you realize most of them are too small to matter and too many to track.

  2. 02

    Position Sizing Basics

    AAPL is 14% of the portfolio after L1. That's still too much for a single name. Here's the floor and ceiling that actually work.

  3. 03

    Real vs Fake Diversification

    Owning eight US tech stocks isn't diversified. Here's what actually is.

  4. 04

    Correlation Basics

    Two stocks that both went up 30% last year — are they correlated? You can't tell from one year. Here's how to actually measure it.

  5. 05

    Sector Allocation

    Even after L4 you might still be 50% tech. Here's how to spread across sectors that respond to different things.

  6. 06

    Geographic Allocation

    100% US is a concentrated bet on one country, not 'the stock market.' Here's the global frame.

  7. 07

    Core-Satellite Structure

    Capstone. Tag every holding as Core or Satellite — the explicit distinction that turns 'I own stocks' into 'I have a portfolio.'

    Capstone
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