My Biggest Investing Mistake -- And How You Can Avoid It

The year was 2009. I was buying a house, and, as such, had been saving aggressively for its down payment. Only once I had that in place was I willing to have a more substantial go at investing, and I decided I wanted to add some conservative investments to my portfolio to ease my way in.

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