The general principle of portfolio management is: you want to include as many assets as you can.

投资组合管理总的原则是：,不同的资产越多则组合越佳。

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Certainly, financial assets in general are over-priced, especially those, such as shares in technology companies, that are seen as a source of future growth and profits.

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Yet, gold also has had days lately when it rose on optimism about a fiscal-cliff resolution, riding the coattails of other risk assets in general, particularly the euro.

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"It seems to me that we ought to have the same ability to give away our earnings as we have to give away our assets in general, " Sir Peter said.

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