under-diversification

A form of underdiversification — Insufficient diversification.

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Meanings

noununder-diversification (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of underdiversification.

    Their research indicated that under-diversification is positively related to the following attributes:youth, lower income, less education, overconfidence, trend following, local bias, and risk tolerance as indicated for preferences for volatility and skewness.

    2013, Jarrod W. Wilcox, Frank J. Fabozzi, Financial Advice and Investment Decisions: A Manifesto for Change, →ISBN
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