diversification

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  1. The act of changing forms or qualities, or of making various: as, diversification of labor. There will be small reason to deny these to be true colours, which more manifestly than others disclose themselves to be produced by diversifications of the light. Boyle, Works, I. 691. In business, diversification and rivalry should be encouraged rather than stamped out by the iron heel of grasping monopoly. S. Bowles, in Merriam, II. 388.
  2. Diversity or variation; change; alteration: as, “diversification of voice,” Sir M. Hale.

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  • As WEB correctly points out - diversification is a protection against incompetence, which is a fair characterization for most portfolio managers. —  GuruFocus Updates
  • However, the BFSR of IL&P benefits from its strong position in the life assurance market through Irish Life, the market leader, and this diversification is an important element in the D BFSR. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • Charlie Ellis focused on global diversification which is important but the post was very short. —  Random Roger
  • As it turns out, those two factors -- diversification and rebalancing -- pushed a mix of all five asset classes to perform better than any of the five alone. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • The 100 top advisers in our latest ranking are rethinking diversification -- and finding smarter ways to hedge their bets.
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  1. = French diversification = Italian diversificazione, from Middle Latin *diversificatio(n-), from diversificare, diversify: see diversify.
 

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