Efficient Frontier

What Does Efficient Frontier Mean?
A line created from the risk-reward graph, comprised of optimal portfolios.

Investopedia explains Efficient Frontier
The optimal portfolios plotted along the curve have the highest expected return possible for the given amount of risk.

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