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Asset allocationThe process of deciding how to apportion investment capital between the various possible asset classes: bonds, stocks, property, cash etc.Having decided the asset classes, professional fund managers will also try to achieve the right risk/reward profile by choosing which geographical areas to invest in. (UK, continental Europe, Asia, America etc)Similar MatchesAllocational efficiencyAllocational efficiencyThe effectiveness with which a market channels capital toward its most productive uses. Allocation noticeAllocation noticeA formal notification to the writer of an option from a clearing house that an option has been exercised by an option holder and that the writer is obliged to buy/sell the underlying instrument at the exercise price to meet his/her obligations. Policy asset allocationPolicy asset allocationWay in which an investor seeks to assess an appropriate long-term "normal" mix of assets that represents an ideal blend of controlled investor and enhanced investor. AllocationAllocationAn assignment of economic resources to uses. Thus, in general equilibrium, an assignment of factors to industries producing goods and services, together with the assignment of resulting final goods and services to consumers, within a country or throughout the world economy. Sector allocationSector allocationInvestment of certain proportions of a portfolio in certain sectors. See: Industry allocation. Further SuggestionsAllocation of income rulesEfficient allocation Capital allocation decision Industry allocation Asset allocation mutual fund |
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