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Portfolio

The entirety of the financial assets (and usually also liabilities) that an economic agent or group of agents owns.

Portfolio

A group of investments held by an institution or individual.The process of choosing which investments go into a portfolio is known as portfolio management or 'asset allocation', and decisions are based on:whether the investment objective is income, growth or a balance of the twohow much risk the investor is prepared to acceptwhat the time horizons of the investor areBased on the answers to these questions (and others) the portfolio manager decides how to allocate funds between different classes of investment (bonds, shares, property), how to diversify between sectors, countries and shares, how much cash to hold, and when to make changes in the composition of the portfolio. If you are managing your own portfolio of investments, exactly the same considerations apply.

Portfolio

A collection of investments, real and/or financial.



Portfolio

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Zero investment portfolio

Zero investment portfolio

A portfolio of zero net value established by buying and shorting component securities, usually in the context of an arbitrage strategy.


Modern portfolio theory

Modern portfolio theory

Principals underlying the analysis and evaluation of rational portfolio choices based on risk-return trade-offs and efficient diversification.


Protected portfolio

Protected portfolio

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a transaction was reported as a protected portfolio, or was as a result of a worked principle agreement for a portfolio transaction.


Portfolio capital

Portfolio capital

Financial assets, including stocks, bonds, deposits, and currencies.


Excess return on the market portfolio

Excess return on the market portfolio

Difference between the return on the market portfolio and the riskless rate.


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