Glossary · Basics
Portfolio
The full collection of investments a person holds.
Your portfolio is everything you currently invest in — stocks, ETFs, bonds, cash in an investing account, and similar holdings viewed as one whole. Looking at the portfolio level matters more than any single position, because risk and return come from how pieces work together.
Building a portfolio usually means deciding how much to allocate across asset types, checking concentration (are you too heavy in one stock?), and rebalancing over time as markets move.
Example
A simple beginner portfolio might be 80% in a total-market stock ETF, 15% in a bond ETF, and 5% cash for upcoming contributions.