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Welcome to Investing Insights. I'm your host, Ivana Hampton. Your portfolio might be large growth

heavy if you haven't rebalanced in a while, growth has delivered an impressive

run and boosted many funds this year. Yet, it's only been a couple of years since a sell-off

wallop the category. Well, how can you diversify your portfolio as the year wraps up to reduce

the risk from a correction? I talk with Russ Kennel about some ways to do that.

He's the director of ratings for Morning Star Research Services

and editor of Morningstar's Fund Investor newsletter.

Thanks for being here, Russ.

Great to be here.

Well, you've recently celebrated a milestone here at Morningstar,

30 years in one place. How do you feel?

Good, good. It's, it is, it is kind of amazing to look back at how things have changed.

But yeah, I feel good. I feel like, you know, it's been part, it's been fun to be part of the

fund industry's growth and Morning Star's growth. And, you know, I think of how much the

industries change. Yet at the same time, we've got great innovations that are industry's growth and Morning Star's growth. And, you know, I think of how much the industry's

change yet at the same time, we've got great innovations that are making investing easier,

and we've got awful innovations that are making it easier for you to lose your money. So

that's never changed. It feels like there's still, you know, a lot of need for the work we do here

at Morningstar researching investments. And you've been a lot of need for the work we do here at Morningstar,

researching investments.

And you've been a big part of that.

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