The ETF Experience: The Secret Sauce to a Smarter Portfolio

Published: May 23, 2025

Market Perspectives +    13 minutes = Current Insights

Diversification isn't an elaborate recipe with rare ingredients – it's a simple, time-tested strategy that can help investors build stronger, more resilient portfolios. But what is diversification, really? Can it protect returns without watering them down? And how can investors – especially those doing it themselves – get cooking and put it into practice?

Join Chiara Carozzi, Relationship Manager, Advisor Distribution, TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) in conversation with Trevor Cummings, Vice President, TDAM as they peel back the layers of diversification, and explore how this strategy can be the most powerful ingredient in your long-term investing mix.

Highlights Include:

  • Back to basics: what is diversification? (0:40)
  • Can diversification hurt returns? (2:50)
  • The right time to diversify (5:40)
  • How to approach diversification when building your portfolio (7:20)
  • The role of correlation in portfolio construction (11:15)

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