HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Efficient frontierThe financial definition for Efficient frontier:The combinations of securities portfolios that maximize expected return for any level of expected risk, or that minimizes expected risk for any level of expected return. Pioneered by Harry Markowitz. Similar MatchesCoefficient of determinationCoefficient of determinationA measure of the goodness of fit of the relationship between the dependent and independent variables in a regression analysis; for instance, the percentage of variation in the return of an asset explained by the market portfolio return. Also known as R-square. Coefficient of VariationCoefficient of VariationA measure of investment risk that defines risk as the standard deviation per unit of expected return. Correlation coefficientCorrelation coefficientA standardized statistical measure of the dependence of two random variables, defined as the covariance divided by the standard deviations of two variables. Further SuggestionsEarnings response coefficientEfficient capital market Efficient diversification Efficient market Efficient markets theory(EMT) Efficient set Inefficient portfolio Click to compare definitions of Efficient frontier Click to view definitions beginning ef |