In this segment from Monday's Where the Money Is, Motley Fool financial analyst Matt Koppenheffer takes a look at two financial tweets from the Twittersphere. The first prompts Matt to discuss why having all of your investments come from a single sector, such as tech growth stocks, can be damaging to your portfolio, as has been shown with the sectorwide tech stock sell-off in 2014. The second tweet discusses the mortgage market, and why it's been plummeting.
Just because these stocks can be high flyers doesn't mean they should make up the bulk of your portfolio.
About the Author
Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he's been . Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members. Previously, Matt was GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, has been an investor on various Fool services, and co-hosted the podcast "Where the Money Is". He also co-authored the book The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global. Matt started his career in San Francisco as a technology-focused investment banker and also worked at a $15 billion private equity company. When he's thinking about how to make Fools smarter, happier, and richer, you can usually find Matt running trails or making a mess in the kitchen. He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, but is a lifelong fan of Penn State football.