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Diversification coneFor given prices in the Heckscher-Ohlin Model, a set of factor endowment combinations that are consistent with producing the same set of goods and having the same factor prices. Such a set has the form of a cone.Similar MatchesPrinciple of diversificationPrinciple of diversificationThat portfolios of different sorts of assets differently correlated with one another will have negligible unsystematic risk. In other words, unsystematic risks disappear in diversified portfolios, and only systematic risks persist, those related to particular assets. Markowitz diversificationMarkowitz diversificationA strategy that seeks to combine in a portfolio assets with returns that are less than perfectly positively correlated, in an effort to lower portfolio risk (variance) without sacrificing return. Related: Naive diversification. Naive diversificationNaive diversificationA strategy whereby an investor simply invests in a number of different assets in the hope that the variance of the expected return on the portfolio is lowered. In contrast, mathematical programming can be used to select the best possible investment weights. Related: Markowitz diversification. International diversificationInternational diversificationThe attempt to reduce risk by investing in more than one nation. By diversifying across nations whose economic cycles are not perfectly correlated, investors can typically reduce the variability of their returns. Efficient diversificationEfficient diversificationThe organizing principle of modern portfolio theory, which maintains that any risk-averse investor will search for the highest expected return for any particular level of portfolio risk. Further SuggestionsIndirect diversification benefitsSector diversification Liquidity diversification Currency diversification Cone of diversification Diversification Unique Diversification Benefit diversification |
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