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under-diversify

under-diversify is the alternative form of underdiversify.

Meaning of underdiversify

Verb

underdiversify (third-person singular simple present underdiversifies, present participle underdiversifying, simple past and past participle underdiversified)

  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.2013, M. Thomsett, Options for Risk-Free Portfolios, →ISBN

Forms of under-diversify

third-person singular presentunder-diversifies
present participleunder-diversifying
past participleunder-diversified
pastunder-diversified

Questions about under-diversify

What is under-diversify the alternative form of?
Under-diversify is the alternative form of underdiversify.

Words near under-diversify in the dictionary

  1. under-carter
  2. under-carters
  3. under-diversification
  4. under-diversified
  5. under-diversifies
  6. under-diversify
  7. under-diversifying
  8. under-dose
  9. under-dosed
  10. under-doses
  11. under-dosing

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