Mitch Goldberg

“But now I can't help but feel that people have heard that story for so long that they think it's a risk-less investment,”

Mitch Goldberg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Mitch Goldberg cautioned that investors might mistakenly view S&P 500 index funds as risk-free.

“Adding non-correlated investments can improve your overall portfolio, and is important in a bear market, when you don't want all your investments to move in tandem,”

Mitch Goldberg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Mitch Goldberg pointed out the value of non-correlated investments during market downturns.

“It's super-powered by the information technology sector, which makes up about 37% of total value. Adding in the communications sector, which includes companies like Meta and Netflix, brings it to almost 50%.”

Mitch Goldberg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Mitch Goldberg detailed the heavy weighting of technology and communications sectors in the S&P 500.

“This S&P 500 isn't your father's index,”

Mitch Goldberg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Mitch Goldberg discussed how the composition of the S&P 500 has shifted heavily toward tech.

“Diversification helps you avoid becoming dependent on yesterday's winners, which is a form of recency bias,”

Mitch Goldberg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Mitch Goldberg explained the importance of diversification in avoiding recency bias.