Drawdowns are your biggest enemy. They can impair your portfolios ability to continue towards an investment goal by years. Every investor needs to have a keen eye when constructing their portfolios and not fall into the common traps which may lend yourself over exposed to such losses.
Start with looking at your exposure to market caps. Are you overexposed to small caps? Mid caps? These are typically high beta stocks that can rack up massive losses when seas are roughest.
Next- think about individual sectors. Are you overexposed to energy? Tech? Marijuana stocks? In good times these can be a cash cow for your portfolio, however, downturns can quickly rob you of years’ worth of gains in very short order.
Think about concentrations when you decide to allocate effectively.
The Prosperity Sherpa 
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