Portfolio

Portfolio literally means "a case for carrying loose papers," (from Latin, the imperative of portare "to carry" and the plural of folium, meaning a 'a sheet for writing upon').

From about 1930 it has also come to mean a "collection of securities or responsibilities held by an individual"^{[citation needed]} and so may refer to:

A type of briefcase
Portfolio (government), the post and responsibilities of a head of a government department
Portfolio (finance), a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual
Career portfolio, an organized presentation of an individual's education, work samples, and skills
Portfolio career a philosophy of working for several diverse projects directly rather than earning a salary from a regular employer.
Artist's portfolio, a sample of an artist's work or a case used to display artwork, photographs etc.
Electronic portfolio, a collection of electronic documents
Patent portfolio, a collection of patents owned by a single entity
Product portfolio (business administration), 2D separation of products by their market share and profits or growth rates
IT Portfolio, in IT portfolio management, the portfolio of large classes of items of enterprise Information Technology (IT)
Project Portfolio, in Project portfolio management, the portfolio of projects in an organization
Portfolio: An Intercontinental Quarterly, a cross-disciplinary literary journal published between 1945 and 1947
Atari Portfolio, a a palmtop computer
Extensis Portfolio, a digital asset manager
Portfolio.com, a business magazine
electronic portfolio, a portfolio that has been prepared for distribution online
Portfolio (Grace Jones album)
Portfolio (Yolandita Monge album)
Minister without portfolio

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