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portfolio|pɔətˈfəʊlɪəʊ|
Also 8 porto folio, portefolio, port folio, 8–9 port-folio.
[In 18th c. porto folio, ad. It. portafogli, f. porta, imper. of portare to carry + fogli, leaves, sheets of paper, pl. of foglio:—L. folium leaf. First element altered after F. portefeuille: see porte-.]
1. a. A receptacle or case for keeping loose sheets of paper, prints, drawings, maps, music, or the like; usually in the form of a large book-cover, and sometimes having sheets of paper fixed in it, between which specimens are placed. Also fig.
1722J. Richardson Statues, etc. Italy 13 Another Porto Folio, all of Raffaele. 1764Chron. in Ann. Reg. 85/1 A porto folio of choice original designs. 1768Forster in Phil. Trans. LVIII. 215 More than 3000 MSS. maps and drawings were kept in their portefolios. 1796Mod. Gulliver 53, I tied up my port folio. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) xii. vii, An huge portfolio of Miss' or Master's early school drawings. 1812Combe Picturesque xiv. (1813) 113 The Doctor forward stepp'd to shew The wealth of his port-folio. 1838Lytton Alice i. ix, His servant..placed his portfolios and letter-boxes on the table. 1858C. W. Goodwin in Cambr. Ess. 246 The compilers did not always confine themselves to the stores of their own portfolios.
b. The collection of securities held by an investing institution or individual; also, a list of such securities.
1930Economist 4 Jan. 2/1 This fall is partly due to the banks' failure to secure any of last week's Treasury Bills, which is forcing them to replenish their portfolios in the market. Ibid. 11 Jan. 83/2 The more notable changes in the portfolio comprise an increase in the number of Chartered shares. 1948Ibid. 3 Jan. 29/2 The banks last year took a hard knock on their gilt-edged portfolios. Ibid. 32/1 These examples demonstrate how important it is for the discount houses to keep their portfolios short. 1955Times 3 June 10/3 The investment policy of the Company is under the constant review of the board and the portfolio periodically examined by a special committee of directors. 1967[see investment trust s.v. investment 5 b]. 1967Listener 5 Oct. 423 (Advt.), M & G General Trust Fund is a very big Fund (over {pstlg}26m.) with a portfolio largely of British ‘blue chips’, plus a number of overseas stocks. 1969J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 Just as an investor tries to select a portfolio of shares to give him a good return without too much risk, so the Board of a company tries to do the same thing when choosing a ‘portfolio’ of subsidiary companies. 1972Accountant 17 Aug. 206/1 A valuation of the entire portfolio, the result to be incorporated in the current year's accounts. 1973C. Williams Man of Leash (1974) 63 He was..buying more stock all the time. His portfolio was worth a million or a little over. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. d 1/2 Analysts said that institutions stepped up their stock purchases yesterday to dress up their portfolios before the end of the first quarter.
2. spec. Such a receptacle containing the official documents of a state department; hence fig. the office of a minister of state. Orig. said in reference to France and other foreign countries. Also in phr. without portfolio, (of a government minister), not being in charge of a specific department of state. Cf. Minister without Portfolio s.v. minister n. 3 c.
1835Alison Hist. Europe (1849–50) V. xxxii. §8. 405 The portfolio of the war office was put into the hands of Carnot. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 2 As the subs of office quit their desks when premiers deliver up their portfolios. 1860Freeman Hist. Ess. I. ii. 46 On the other side of the Channel, the Minister bears his portfolio, here the Secretary bears his seal. 1891W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 370 At the time when Lord John Russell held office under Lord Aberdeen ‘without portfolio’, Disraeli made a very happy hit. 1898Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/2 It seems hard that Lord Salisbury may do with impunity..what would cost Lord Rosebery not merely his windows but his portfolio.
3. attrib. and Comb., as portfolio capital, portfolio form, portfolio-hunter (cf. place-hunter), portfolio manager, portfolio official, portfolio policy, portfolio security, portfolio selection; portfolio investment, the purchase of stocks and shares in a variety of companies; portfolio-stand, a piece of furniture for holding portfolios, drawings, music, etc.
1964Economist 30 May 1015/1 Flows of *portfolio capital.
1902Daily Chron. 1 Oct. 3/4 The present monograph will be in *portfolio form, with many illustrations.
1899Westm. Gaz. 13 June 1/2 Falls of Cabinets have become a custom and startle only *Portfolio-hunters.
1955Times 29 July 5/2 It was a very complicated question because United States investment might be direct or it might be *portfolio investment. 1965Guardian 8 Jan. 1 (Advt.), Possibilities of portfolio investment in Australia. 1972Accountant 23 Mar. 386/2 Last month Kingside negotiated a $4 million, seven-year, multi-currency loan facility with Lloyds and Bolsa International Bank primarily for the purpose of portfolio investment in the United States and Europe.
1969Times 5 May (Wall St. Suppl.) p. vi/3 ‘Mutual funds are being bought as equity equivalents..and I'm frankly very worried about it,’ said a *portfolio manager for one of these funds. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 2 Aug. 3/3 Another bull market similar to the one that occurred following Thanksgiving 1971, says Kenneth Herlihy, portfolio manager of Philadelphia-based Decatur Income Fund.
1940H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iv. i. 322 They [sc. the Bolsheviks] only half-did the job, they cleaned up the site and then they jerry-built some unattractive sheds... A sort of mushroom growth of nasty little *portfolio officials may have sprung up on the clearing.
1969Times 5 May (Wall St. Suppl.) p. iii/3 Credit demanders and institutional investors may not yet be convinced that there are downside risks in the aggressive implementation of economic plans and *portfolio policies.
1959Listener 12 Feb. 272/1 American *portfolio securities.
1965H. I. Ansoff Corporate Strategy (1968) ii. 30 While CIT [sc. capital investment theory] deals with selection of physical assets for the firm, *portfolio selection concerns selecting securities, either for an individual investor or for an investment firm. 1969J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 Portfolio Selection methods are very advanced mathematically. They are similar to Linear Programming..but include a means of balancing risks and returns.
1887Ruskin Præterita II. 20 In his *portfolio-stands..were the entire series of the illustrations to Scott, to Byron.
Hence portˈfolioed a., furnished with a portfolio.
1848Blackw. Mag. Aug. 185 All portfolioed, all hand⁓booked..without compassion or conscience. 1892Review of Rev. Jan. 6/2 Bewailing the consequences of portfolioed incapacity.
▸ attrib. Brit. Designating, involving, or following a pattern of employment characterized by a succession of short-term contracts or part-time work, rather than the more traditional career model of a long-term, full-time job. Esp. in portfolio career, portfolio worker.
The term is strongly associated with the work of Charles Handy (b. 1932), Irish-born writer and teacher on management and business.
1984C. Handy Future of Work 173 The portfolio flexilives that are likely to be forced upon us by the changing future of work may push us into discovering that we all have unused capacities within us. 1988Jrnl. Higher Educ. 59 686 Two other findings..provide further support for a portfolio model of careers. 1989C. Handy Age of Unreason vii. 151 The free worker is by temperament a portfolio worker as is the working mother who has always had to juggle the demands of her time. 1998Independent on Sunday 5 July (Real Life section) 3/3 What we are seeing is a shift to portfolio employment, which is freelance to all intents and purposes. 2000H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 92 Her latest talk was of being an events organiser, of how she was going to have a portfolio career and lots of fun. |
