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⚖️ Weighing too much 💹 More than normal ⚖️ Too much body fat 🎯 To give too much importance
overweight

overweight

4 7.0
Having a larger share in a portfolio than the market
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈweɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sobreponderado
  • The financial report indicated an overweight position for tech stocks in the upcoming quarter.
  • overweight in stocks
  • overweight in the sector
  • overweight rating

They're still overweight bonds, and they're still overweight cash a lot.

Examples

  • One exception is Taiwan, which we are downgrading to neutral from our previous overweight.

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  • But while the indices may be "overweight" in Apple, this stock alone can't carry the global economy.

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  • And this I think is why you have companies like Morgan Stanley saying, look, we are still overweight Tesla.

  • Despite being extremely overweight in Apple, the one thing I am sure of is that the downside risks are minimal.

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  • Overweight stocks that earn a large portion of their earnings overseas will benefit from a falling dollar.

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  • They're still overweight bonds, and they're still overweight cash a lot.

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  • Analysts recommend investors to adopt an overweight strategy on renewable energy stocks compared to fossil fuels.

  • Market experts suggest that holding an overweight allocation in healthcare sectors could yield higher returns this year.

Antonyms

underweight
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Having less money invested in a stock or sector than the benchmark

How Overweight

overweight
  • Specialized
4 7.0
neutral
218 3.6
underweight
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Surface Forms

overweight positive
overweighter comparative
overweightest superlative

Morphology

overweight = weight (semi-transparent) = over + weight

Formally 'over-' + 'weight' is clear, but the finance sense ('larger allocation than benchmark') is a specialized, metaphorical extension.

Etymology

Overweight joins over- ('more than') and weight ('importance' or 'share'), so in finance it means holding 'more' of an asset or sector than the usual benchmark.