Talk:Underweight (stock market)

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This is contradictory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.136.98 (talk • contribs) 03:35, October 2, 2007

buy, overweight, hold, underweight, sell
The financial services just love to talk in riddles, euphemisms, technobable and downright nonsense

buy        = "supposedly" good value stock (you should make money in near future)

overweight = Similar to above, shares considered likely to make money

hold       = Stock is considered a sound investment

underweight = Stock is going nowhere - consider selling. sell       = Stock has little growth potential in the near term, time to sell!

"Shares may well go down as well as up!" ;-)

Underweight Having a lesser exposure to a particular sector in an investment portfolio, compared with a neutral or benchmark position. (As opposed to Overweight).

Underweight Exposure of a specific asset (or asset class ) which is lower than the proportion it represents in the market index or benchmark against which the portfolio is measured. Investment managers may take underweight positions in shares or sectors they expect to under-perform in order to add value to the portfolio.

underweight To have a smaller proportion of a fund or share portfolio in one type of investment or sector than the market benchmark or average. The opposite of "overweight"

underweight Qualifies a holding in an index fund when the proportion of that share in the portfolio is less than the proportion for that share in the calculation of the index Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.121.186.28 (talk) 07:27, 13 August 2008 (UTC)