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Reuters  May 22  Comment 
Kazakhstan's long-serving president on Tuesday urged foreign companies developing its lucrative oil and gas fields to invest in alternative projects, to reduce the Central Asian country's dependence on exports of its natural resources.
Forbes  May 11  Comment 
FolioInvesting CEO Steven Wallman describes how his company aims to help retail investors diversify. By using the portfolio strategies offered, retail investors are better able to stay the course, he says.
The Australian  May 2  Comment 
AUSTRALIA'S top mining-support services companies are diversifying out of Australia to prepare for the slowdown of the boom.
The Globe and Mail  Apr 19  Comment 
Canadian Board Diversity Council’s ‘Diversity 50’ list will include women, visible minorities, aboriginals and people with disabilities
Reuters  Apr 17  Comment 
Algeria plans to boost investment in the tourism sector with the aim of attracting some 3.5 million tourists per year starting in 2015, the tourism minister said on Monday, in an effort to move its economy away from reliance on oil and gas.
The Hindu Business Line  Apr 12  Comment 
State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has said it plans to diversify its products and services by foraying into the gold bullion trade.It is currently in the process of expanding its branch network...
CNBC  Apr 4  Comment 
Diamonds are an attractive option for investors looking to diversify portfolios because they don't move in relation with other assets such as commodities and stocks, according to David Riedel, President of equity research firm Riedel Research Group.
Forbes  Mar 30  Comment 
After a massive opening weekend domestically, followed by surprisingly big weekday totals, The Hunger Games has finished its first full week of release with roughly $188 million domestic. Now, it appears likely to add another $60 million or more...
The Hindu Business Line  Mar 15  Comment 
The Economic Survey 2011-12 has asked the Government to do “a lot more” on diversification of India's export basket as its export presence is limited in the top items of world trad...




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Diversify

Make or become more diverse or varied. Diversification is the process of spreading the total investment money available across different asset classes, countries, industries, and individual companies. Diversification also entails choosing investments that are, as far as possible, negatively correlated, which means that when investment A is performing poorly, investment B is likely to be performing well. [1]

A prudent investor diversifies their holdings in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Diversify "to make diverse," Economic sense is from 1939. [1]

Diversification c.1600, noun of action from diversify. Economic sense is from 1939. [2]

References

  1. Mutual Funds: An Introduction to the Core Concepts by Dr. Mark Mobius ISBN-10: 0470821434 Chapter 4
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