Portfolio Income

What Does Portfolio Income Mean?
Income from investments, including dividends, interest, royalties and capital gains.

Investopedia explains Portfolio Income
There are three main categories of income: active income, passive income and portfolio income. These categories of income are important because losses in passive income generally cannot be offset against active or portfolio income.

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Active Income
Capital Gain
Dividends
Income
Interest
Passive Income
Portfolio
Synthetic Dividend
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