Is Being Over-Diversified Possible?
Many mutual fund holders also suffer from being over-diversified. Some funds, especially the larger ones, have so many assets (i.e. cash to invest) that they have to hold literally hundreds of stocks and consequently, so are you. In some cases this makes it nearly impossible for the fund to outperform indexes - the whole reason you invested in the fund and are paying the fund manager a management fee.
Source: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/01/051601.asp
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