Additionally, for growth-oriented investors, fixed-income securities can provide investors with downside protection and diversification within a growth portfolio especially in a highly volatile market where additional, measured, short-term flights to quality are likely.

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The deal also gives ITU some assets in Chile and Uruguay, providing additional diversification and growth opportunities.

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Although size can bring undeniable advantages, such as in terms of resources and diversification, growth can lead to diminishing returns when larger firms can lose their focus and be forced out of the sectors and transaction sizes in which they achieved their early success.

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