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Finance

• Portfolio (finance), a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual. Holding a portfolio is often part of an investment and risk-limiting strategy called diversification. By owning several assets, certain types of risk (in particular specific risk) can be reduced. There are also portfolios which are aimed at taking high risks - these are called concentrated portfolios.

In finance, a portfolio is a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual. ... Diversification is a measure of the commonality of a population. ... In business and accounting an asset is anything owned, whether in possession or by right to take possession, by a person or a group acting together, e. ... In finance, a specific risk is a risk that affects a very small number of assets. ...

Management and marketing

• In strategic management and marketing, a portfolio is a collection of products, projects, services, or brands that are offered for sale by a company. In building up a product portfolio a company can use various analytical techniques including B.C.G. Analysis, contribution margin analysis, G.E. Multi Factoral analysis,and Quality Function Deployment. Typically a company tries to achieve both diversification and balance in their portfolio of product offerings.

Many portfolio optimization algorithms are based on MPT or Modern Portfolio Theory. The most commonly used method is Mean-Variance optimization where portfolio allocations aim at maximizing the profit while constraining the risk. see also: Product management, strategic management, project management, marketing, problems with portfolio models This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up marketing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing In economics and marketing, a service is the non-material equivalent of a good. ... A brand is a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... B.C.G. analysis is a technique used in brand marketing, product management, and strategic management to help a company decide what products to add to its product portfolio. ... Contribution margin analysis is a technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product(s) to add to its product portfolio. ... G.E. multi factoral analysis is a technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product(s) to add to its product portfolio. ... QFD House of Quality for Enterprise Product Development Processes Quality function deployment or QFD is a flexible and comprehensive group decision making technique used in product or service development, brand marketing, and product management. ... Diversification is a measure of the commonality of a population. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Project Management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver all the work required to complete a project within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up marketing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are problems with the use of product portfolio techniques in crafting a brands strategic direction and positioning: a) The criteria are very general. ...

Politics and government

• In politics and government, a portfolio is the post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.

The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is defined as a group of people who are influenced to change laws and other such things to make the world a better place the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... Look up post in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In moral philosophy, the word responsibility has at least two related meanings: The obligation to answer for actions. ... Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. ...

Education and learning

• In education, portfolio refers to a personal collection of information describing and documenting a person’s achievements and learning. There is a variety of portfolios ranging from learning logs to extended collections of achievement evidence. Portfolios are used for many different purposes such as accreditation of prior experience, job search, continuing professional development, certification of competences.

Tens of millions of people across the world have already used some kind of portfolio. In the UK alone, more than 4 million people have got a qualification (NVQ) through accreditation of prior learning or accreditation of work experience, and most of them have built a portfolio to collect the evidence required to get their certificate. The recent explosion of knowledge, information and learning technologies has led to the development of digital portfolios or electronic portfolios, commonly referred as ePortfolios. For example, all participants in the Mississippi Teacher Corps are required to create "digital portfolios" upon the completion of the two-year program. You can also visit the digital portfolio (or ePortfolio) of Thibault Ducret, french student in ENSSEIHT, which is a good example of what is currently done. Two students sharing and comparing their learning logs. ... In the context of education and learning an ePortfolio is a portfolio based on electronic media and services. ... The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) is a two-year teaching program that recruits college graduates to teach in critical-need areas of Mississippi. ...

The Arts

• An artist, architect, or fashion model seeking work will be expected to present a portfolio of their prior work, along with recommendations of clients. The work will often consist of photographs, magazine clippings ("tearsheets"), blueprints or mock-ups, or other physical evidence of the trade.
• Portfolio, an album by Grace Jones

The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... A model is a person who acts as a human prop for purposes of art, pornography, fashion, advertising, etc. ... Portfolio is the debut album by Grace Jones. ... Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress. ...

Various

• A type of briefcase
• Electronic portfolio, a collection of electronic documents
• Atari Portfolio, a palmtop computer
• Extensis Portfolio, a digital asset manager
• Condé Nast Portfolio, a business magazine (established 2007)

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