portfolio
Definition
A collection of investments all owned by the same individual or organization. These investments often include stocks, which are investments in individual businesses; bonds, which are investments in debt that are designed to earn interest; and mutual funds, which are essentially pools of money from many investors that are invested by professionals or according to indices.
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modern portfolio theory, composition, constant ratio plan, diversification, efficient portfolio, fully invested, optimization, pyramid, rebalancing, relative volatility, R-squared, market portfolio
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