Prudent Investor Standards

Modern prudent investor standards are based on an older rule known as “the prudent man” rule. Under this rule, professionals acted as fiduciaries (trusted advisors) and were expected to show the same level of care for others’ portfolios as they, or any other prudent person, would for their own. In other words, they should not subject their client’s portfolios to any more risk than the average, cautious investor would take.

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