Thesis Asset Management's Paterson: How to spot skillful active managers

Diversification taken to extremes

Tom Eckett
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Ryan Paterson, research analyst at Thesis Asset Management, has said the widely-held belief that diversification is the key to successful investing has too often been taken to extremes by active managers.

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