minimum-variance portfolio Definition

minimum-variance portfolio

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Portfolio of stocks with the lowest volatilities (betas) and, therefore, lowest sensitivities to risk. It makes maximum use of diversification to achieve the resultant risk level that is lower than the individual risk level of each of the stock it contains.

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