efficient portfolio

efficient portfolio definition - finance
A portfolio whose return is maximized according to expected returns or risk levels. An efficient portfolio is mathematically calculated and takes into account the expected return for each security and its standard deviation.

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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