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underdiversifying

underdiversifying is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about underdiversifying

What is underdiversifying the present participle and gerund of?
Underdiversifying is the present participle and gerund of underdiversify.

Words near underdiversifying in the dictionary

  1. underdivergence
  2. underdiversification
  3. underdiversified
  4. underdiversifies
  5. underdiversify
  6. underdiversifying
  7. underdo
  8. underdocument
  9. underdocumented
  10. underdocumenting
  11. underdocuments

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