https://www.dallasnews.com/business/personal-finance/2019/09/29/the-motley-fool-picking-stocks-westrock-s-prospects-and-this-week-s-trivia/The Motley Fool: Picking stocks, WestRock's prospects and this week's trivia
If you're not willing or equipped to keep up with your holdings, you shouldn't buy individual stocks. You'll be better off in a low-fee stock index fund.
By The Motley Fool|
6:00 AM on Sep 29, 2019
Ask the Fool
From A.T. in Madison, Ind.: Are mutual funds safer than stocks?
The Fool responds: They generally are, because investments in mutual funds are spread across many different holdings (such as stocks and/or bonds), reducing the overall level of risk. A single company in which you're invested could end up going out of business or having its stock fall sharply, but it's hard to imagine all the holdings in a mutual fund going out of business simultaneously.
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