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Diversification Challenge

Spread $1,000 across eight sectors.

A diversified benchmark is shown next to your mix. Get your diversification score above 85 without hiding everything in cash.

Allocated

$1,000

Largest sector

50%

Diversification score

81/100

Your allocation

Compare each slider to the diversified benchmark underneath it.

Technology

$500
benchmark $220

Health care

$100
benchmark $150

Consumer

$100
benchmark $150

Financials

$100
benchmark $130

Industrials

$50
benchmark $120

Energy

$50
benchmark $80

Bonds

$50
benchmark $100

Cash

$50
benchmark $50

Concentration meter

Concentration index: 0.29 (lower is more spread out). Reasonably spread, but one sector is doing a lot of the work.

Sector breakdown

Technologyyou 50% · benchmark 22%
Health careyou 10% · benchmark 15%
Consumeryou 10% · benchmark 15%
Financialsyou 10% · benchmark 13%
Industrialsyou 5% · benchmark 12%
Energyyou 5% · benchmark 8%
Bondsyou 5% · benchmark 10%
Cashyou 5% · benchmark 5%

Why this matters

Diversification doesn't make you money faster — it keeps one bad outcome from being the whole story. A portfolio that's 50% one sector feels fine right up until that sector has a rough year.

Review your mix

Assumptions

The simplified baselines behind this educational result.

  • The benchmark is an illustrative eight-part mix, not a real market index.
  • The score uses sector weights only and does not estimate returns.
  • A lower concentration index means money is spread more evenly.
  • Cash lowers market exposure but is not a substitute for diversification across investments.

Why this result

Allocate exactly $1,000 and confirm your mix to unlock the explanation.

Sector weights and the benchmark are illustrative teaching examples, not real index data or a recommendation.