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Portfolio Insurance

Any of several techniques used to change a portfolio's market exposure systematically in reaction to prior market movements with the objective of avoiding large losses and securing as much participation as possible in any favorable market move. The most popular forms of portfolio insurance have attempted to create synthetic options with portfolio trades in the cash or futures markets. See also Dynamic Hedging, Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI), Portfolio Trade, Program Trading.

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