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window dressing definition - finance
A portfolio that looks better than it is. For instance, a trader may sell his or her losing positions at the end of the quarter or fiscal year to make the portfolio look more positive and thus impress investors. Positions with a profit also may be sold in order to record a profit.

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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