underdiversification

noun

Insufficient diversification.

Scrabble 30

Meanings

noununderdiversification (uncountable)

alternative under-diversification

  1. uncountableInsufficient diversification.

    This is likely because overconfidence is the driving force behind both excessive trading and underdiversification.

    2009, Lucy Ackert, Richard Deaves, Behavioral Finance: Psychology, Decision-Making, and Markets, →ISBN

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