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Ask a Fool: Why Do Well-Performing Stocks Increase Risk?

Why the one-star performer in your portfolio may be exposing you to outsized risk.

By Jason Moser – Sep 10, 2013 at 5:15PM EST

In this video as part of our Ask a Fool series, Motley Fool One advisor Jason Moser takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "Why would a winning stock that has had a good run and now makes up a bigger portion of your portfolio, mean that there is a greater risk? Heard this argument on Market Foolery the other day. Doesn't make sense to me."


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Jason Moser
Jason Moser is a Senior Investment Analyst and Lead Advisor at The Motley Fool, and he works on the Trends and Quantum Leap premium investing services. Jason has been with the company since 2010, and he covers payments, fintech, quantum computing, cloud computing, and tech stocks. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Wofford College.
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