Underdiversify

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fail to diversify sufficiently.

    "A trader may underdiversify by focusing too narrowly on a small number of underlying securities, as well as using too few types of options strategies."

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"A trader may underdiversify by focusing too narrowly on a small number of underlying securities, as well as using too few types of options strategies."

Etymology

From under- + diversify.

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