But in this day and age, when you open yourself up, you have to take the good with the bad.

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Take the good with the bad, that's how it goes.

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"Basically, you take the good with the bad, and for what little bit of control we've lost, we've also gained a lot more opportunity for the other riders out there, " says McCoy.

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The most obvious investing risk is that the market may not move in the expected direction, and when the overall market moves it tends to take the majority of stocks, good and bad, with it.

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