defensive securities

defensive securities definition - finance
  1. Stocks with a beta of less than 1, which means that the stock will move less than the overall market. See also beta.
  2. Bonds that have an investment-grade rating.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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