An investor building a diversified portfolio is like an acrobat walking on a rope. If you focus too much on high-risk investments, you risk losing everything and falling off the rope into the abyss.

On the other hand, if you invest only in stable assets, you will stay in place but not make any progress or profit. The key to success in investing, as in walking a tightrope, is to seek a balance between the two extremes.

You must remember that investing is an art, not a reflex reaction, so the time for disciplined investing with a diversified portfolio comes before diversification becomes a necessity. From my experience, by the time the average investor "reacts" to the market, the damage has already been done.

Here, as in most cases, the best defense is an attack, and a well-diversified portfolio combined with an investment horizon of more than five years can withstand most shocks. I'll tell you what strategy I've developed for myself.

I have a habit — every quarter, I update for myself a list of the main trends that are on the rise, investments that can bounce back as quickly as possible. Next, I follow these

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