overdiversify
Scatter investments excessively
To overdiversify is to spread investments, efforts, or resources across too many different areas, diluting potential returns or effectiveness.
The term appears most often in finance, where adding too many assets to a portfolio eliminates the benefits of diversification while increasing complexity: By holding sixty different stocks, she had overdiversified to the point where her returns just mirrored the index.
Collected works or assets
- spread thinExtended beyond capacity
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- asset allocationDistributing investments strategically
- risk managementIdentifying and minimizing threats
holdings · returns · concentration · overextension · rebalancing · mutual funds · ETFs · stocks
Increase in scope
- product linesCategories of goods sold
- market segmentsDistinct consumer groupings
- core competencyPrimary business strength
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
acquisitions · conglomerate · unfocused · vertical integration · mergers · subsidiaries · spin-off · revenue streams
Species' total genetic diversity
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- biodiversityRange of life forms
habitat · conservation · genetic variation · population · breeding · hybridization · adaptation · selection pressure
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- spread thinExtended beyond capacity
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- asset allocationDistributing investments strategically
risk management · holdings · returns · concentration · overextension · rebalancing · mutual funds · ETFs · stocks · bonds
expansion
Increase in scope
- product linesCategories of goods sold
- market segmentsDistinct consumer groupings
- core competencyPrimary business strength
overextension · acquisitions · conglomerate · unfocused · vertical integration · mergers · subsidiaries · spin-off · revenue streams · market share
gene pool
Species' total genetic diversity
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
biodiversity · habitat · conservation · genetic variation · population · breeding · hybridization · adaptation · selection pressure · ecological balance
overdiversifyconcentrate
Reduced, potent form
focus · consolidate · specialize · narrow · narrow down