Financial Jargon Buster Dictionary
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Immunisation
The design of a portfolio to achieve a target level of return in the face of changing reinvestment rates and price levels. This is done by combining short and long-term bonds in the same portfolio to produce a predictable rate of return regardless of movements in interest rates.
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