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The Sleep-at-Night Portfolio
Cece's personal-not-formulaic approach to post-exit risk allocation.
How it works
- 1Risk allocation is personal, not formulaic.
- 2Cece caps risky, illiquid bets at 10 to 20 percent; her brother runs closer to 50.
- 3The test: if the risky slice goes to zero, are you still fine and still sleeping?
- 4Boring index exposure is a feature, not a failure.
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