The Portfolio for Enterprising Investors

It is considerably more difficult to provide a concrete set of rules for the enterprising portfolio than for the defensive portfolio, as the investor is likely to consider purchasing more kinds of securities and in different situations. Indeed an enterprising investor may well be prepared to offset a small negative in one area for a significant positive in another- hence the concrete rules of the defensive portfolio are more like general guidelines for the enterprising investor.

However, some of the basics remain the same- the division between bonds and stocks still hold for the majority, though certain enterprising investors who had lesser demands for a guarenteed income (normally young investors) might well have a 100% stock portfolio.