What percentage of your net worth is invested in speculative/risky assets?

Title says it all.

Looking to see how other people allocate/emotionally compartmentalize their risk to permit them the space to invest in something that is higher risk without losing the farm.

I read "The Intelligent Investor" and I think Benjamin Graham mentioned capping your speculative investment holdings at 10% of your net worth if one felt the need to take on excessive risk. His logic was that this allowed an investor to "burn off steam" in a measured way without being at risk of losing everything.

Do you follow a similar guideline?

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