How to dramatically reduce the risks of dividend investing

From Dividends Value:

If you want to lower the risk of your income portfolio and position yourself to increase returns, you cannot ignore asset allocation. Many dividend investors loaded up on banks and other high-yield financials, only to see their portfolios collapse along with the financial markets.

So what can you do to protect your portfolio from stock and sector specific declines? Here are some of the steps I take to help protect my portfolio...

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