Portfolio

How it is used

Investors build, grow, diversify or sell a portfolio, and a portfolio manager oversees it. Agencies sometimes speak of their portfolio of properties for sale, but in English the word most often refers to an owner's holdings.

Example sentences

1. The fund has a portfolio of 40 logistics warehouses across Europe.

2. She started with one flat and now has a portfolio of eight rental properties.

Common collocations

• property portfolio
• build a portfolio
• diversify a portfolio
• portfolio manager

Related terms

• REITShort for real estate investment trust: a company that owns or finances income-producing property and whose shares investors can buy, often on a stock exchange.
• buy-to-letBuying a property in order to rent it out to tenants, or a property bought for this purpose.
• return on investmentThe profit from an investment compared with the money put into it, usually shown as a percentage.
• listingA property that is offered for sale or rent through an agent or website, or the advertisement that describes it with photos, a price and details.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• portfolio · Architecture
• portfolio · Investing & the Stock Market
• portfolio · Graphic Design
• portfolio · Photography

More terms: Investment & the Market

• buyer's market
• seller's market
• rental yield
• appreciate
• flip