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Last year a long-standing client saw a 12% drawdown in a concentrated equity sleeve during a sector downturn and called visibly upset. I scheduled a same-week video call, walked through the performance drivers with clear charts, acknowledged where my positioning missed the macro shift, and shared a quantified recovery plan: move 30% of that sleeve into diversified ETFs, trim the top 3 positions to cap single-stock exposure at 8%, and add a 10% cash buffer to deploy on re-entry. Over the next six months we recovered 7% and the client stayed. I sent monthly P&L summaries and one-page trade rationales so they always knew why I acted, which repaired confidence quickly.
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