When stock in an investment portfolio has less exposure to a specific sector, in comparison to a neutral or benchmark position.
The anthropometric index 'weight-for-age' represents body mass relative to age. Weight-for-age is influenced by the height of the child and his or her weight and is thus a composite of stunting and wasting (which makes its interpretation difficult). In the absence of wasting, both weight-for-age and height-for-age reflect the long term nutrition and health experience of the individual or population. General lightness in weight refers to a child having a low weight-for-age. Lightness may represent either normal variation or a deficit. Underweight specifically refers to lightness that is a deficit and is defined as low weight-for-age, i.e.; below 2 standard deviations (or 2 Z-scores) of the median value of the National Center for Health Statistics/World Health Organization International Growth Reference for weight-for-age.
the percent of children 0 through 4 years who are below 2 standard deviations weight-for-age by NCHS/WHO standards is the prevalence of child malnutrition.
Usually refers to recommendation that leads an investor to reduce their investment in a particular security or asset class. The reduction is usually with respect to a benchmark. Suppose that U.S. equities compose 40% of the benchmark portfolio. If one thinks the U.S. will underperform, the investor may reduce the exposure to U.S. equity to less than 40%.
Body weight below an accepted norm by more than 10 percent.
Occurs when the weighting of an asset in a portfolio of funds is less than its market weighting.
Moderate refers to the percentage of chil- dren under age five who are below minus two standard deviations from the median weight for age of the reference population. Severe refers to the per- centage of children under age five who are below minus three standard deviations from the median weight for age of the reference population.
This occurs when an investment portfolio has less exposure to a security or sector relative to its target or benchmark weighting in that security or sector.
A portfolio is said to be underweight a stock or sector if it has a lesser weighting in that stock or sector than does the index or benchmark against which the portfolio is compared.
weighing less than is normal, healthy or required; BMI (body mass index) less than 18.5
low weight-for-age, reflecting a current condition resulting from either inadequate food intake, past episodes of undernutrition or poor health conditions
Having a lesser exposure to a particular sector in an investment portfolio, compared with a neutral or benchmark position. (Opposite of Overweight).
to decrease holdings relative to other holdings in a portfolio. Also, an analyst rating that indicates that the analyst recommends decreasing exposure to a security;
Taking on a smaller exposure to one investment market or security compared with a benchmark or neutral position. The opposite of overweight.
A lower investment in a stock/sector/region than the relevant benchmark weighting.
An situation where a portfolio does not hold a sufficient amount of securities to satisfy the accepted benchmark of the portfolio's asset allocation strategy.
Where investments in a particular area have lesser exposure compared with the benchmark exposure.
The term underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight. The definition is usually made with reference to the body mass index (BMI). Most consider individuals under 18.5 to be underweight, though some authorities use a higher value of 20.
In financial markets, underweight is a term used when rating stock. A rating system may be three-tiered: "overweight", "equal weight" and "underweight", or five-tiered: "buy," "overweight," "hold," "underweight," and "sell".