Building a fantastic investment portfolio requires the right recipe. In the same way a master chef must balance sweet and sour, acid and fat, a portfolio manager must balance growth and value, potential and certainty.

So let's imagine a hypothetical scenario: You have $50,000 to invest across only three stocks. While this doesn't strictly adhere to The Motley Fool's philosophy of investing across 25 or more stocks, it's still a worthwhile thought experiment.

Here's how I would do it.

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