Investment portfolio,

Definition of Investment portfolio:

1. Pool of different investments by which an investor bets to make a profit (or income) while aiming to preserve the invested (principal) amount. These investments are chosen generally on the basis of different risk-reward combinations: from low risk, low yield (gilt edged) to high risk, high yield (junk bonds) ones; or different types of income streams: steady but fixed, or variable but with a potential for growth.

2. Investment in a range of stocks or shares.

How to use Investment portfolio in a sentence?

1. The investment portfolio for an individual approaching retirement would most likely include a greater percentage of conservative assets versus that of an individual having just entered the workforce.
2. Our investment portfolio idea was good because my manager was really good at making bets and this was an area where that kind of thinking prevailed.
3. The investment portfolio was diverse enough to demonstrate that we did not have all of our eggs in one basket.