Friends That Invest Secrets From an Award Winning Financial Advisor | Glen James
Oct 27, 2025
This week, Glen James, an award-winning financial advisor and bestselling author, shares his insights on advanced investing strategies. He emphasizes the importance of riding out market cycles and avoiding timing. Glen explains the trade-offs of diversification, how to manage ETF overlap, and the benefits of a core and satellite portfolio approach. He stresses prioritizing career earnings over risky investments and critiques the extreme frugality of FIRE advocates. Glen believes in balancing purpose with financial goals and offers practical tips like maintaining an emergency fund.
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Diversification Can Mask Concentration
- Diversification reduces catastrophic loss but can still leave large concentration via market-cap weighting.
- Equal-weighted portfolios can perform differently than cap-weighted ones because a few large names can dominate returns.
Audit And Simplify ETF Overlap
- Check ETF overlap and simplify holdings to avoid redundant exposures.
- Remove nearly-duplicate funds (e.g., S&P 500 plus NASDAQ) to reduce unnecessary concentration.
Automate Rebalancing Discipline
- Use a rebalanced portfolio or service to sell winners and buy conservatism automatically.
- Automate quarterly rebalancing to enforce discipline and remove emotional selling or holding winners too long.
