portfolio investment

{{short description|Investments in the form of a group of assets}}

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Portfolio investments are investments in the form of a group (portfolio) of assets, including transactions in equity, securities, such as common stock, and debt securities, such as banknotes, bonds, and debentures.{{cite web|title=Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$)|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BN.KLT.PTXL.CD|website=World Development Indicators|publisher=World Bank|access-date=26 December 2014}}

Portfolio investment covers a range of securities, such as stocks and bonds, as well as other types of investment vehicles. A diversified portfolio helps spread the risk of possible loss because of below-expectations performance of one or a few of them.