Either way—investing with one investment company or several—is fine and can provide you with adequate diversification. You need to be careful when buying shares from a number of different mutual funds. Often, there can be a lot of overlap among fund portfolios if you buy funds with the same basic objective (e.g., growth or income). You then end up with a portfolio akin to an index fund but with the much higher expenses of actively managed mutual funds.
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