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Portfolio

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Portfolio
A collection of investments, real and/or financial.

portfolio
A group of investments. The more diversified the investments in a portfolio, the more likely the investor is to earn the same return as the market. See also diversification.

Portfolio. If you own more than one security, you have an investment portfolio.

You build your portfolio by buying additional stock, bonds, annuities, mutual funds, or other investments. Your goal is to increase the portfolio's value by selecting investments that you believe will go up in price.

According to modern portfolio theory, you can reduce your investment risk by creating a diversified portfolio that includes different asset classes and individual securities chosen from different segments, or subclasses, of those asset classes. That diversification is designed to take advantage of the potential for strong returns from at least some of the portfolio's investments in any economic climate.



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