I-O Port: An I/O Port is used to communicate to and from devices, such as a printer, disk, or keyboard. I/O ports can be anything from the plugs on the back of your computer to the ones on your motherboard - anything that another device plugs into.

 

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I-O Port: An I/O Port is used to communicate to and from devices, such as a printer, disk, or keyboard. I/O ports can be anything from the plugs on the back of your computer to the ones on your mother . . . View Full Definition

Portfolio Manager: A portfolio manager is responsible for overseeing a collection of investments, either for an institution — such as a mutual fund, brokerage firm, insurance company, or pension fund — or for . . . View Full Definition

Portfolio Management: Related: Investment management

Portfolio Opportunity Set: The expected return/standard deviation pairs of all portfolios that can be constructed from a given set of assets.

Portfolio R2: Used in the context of general equities. Number between 0 and 1 that measures the strength of correlation of movement between the portfolio/stock and the index. Indeed, the R2 is the square . . . View Full Definition

Portfolio Separation Theorem: Theory that an investor's choice of a risky investment portfolio is separate from his attitude towards risk. Related: Fisher's separation theorem.

Portfolio Restructuring: Applies to derivative products. Recomposition of a portfolio's asset mix by selling off undesired asset types (equities, debt, or cash) or specific securities within that class, while simult . . . View Full Definition

Portfolio Loan: A loan originated and maintained by the lender and not sold in the secondary mortgage market.

Portfolio Turnover: Portfolio turnover is the rate at which a mutual fund manager buys or sells securities in a fund, or an individual investor buys and sells securities in a brokerage account. A rapid turnover . . . View Full Definition

Portfolio: A combination of assets held for its investment benefits, including financial and non-financial returns. The asset mix is usually varied in kind and size to maintain an acceptable level of r . . . View Full Definition