{"id":4457,"date":"2024-05-15T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:45:46","slug":"portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Difference: Portfolio Management vs. Financial Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Portfolio-Management-vs.-Financial-Planning-1024x597.webp\" alt=\"Portfolio Management vs. Financial Planning\" class=\"wp-image-4480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial Security is the one most important part of an individual\u2019s life. You will always implement the best strategies to protect and secure your money to meet the long term financial goals. But financial planning and portfolio management are the two different terms which are assumed to be the same. In portfolio-management, fund managers allocate the assets in various securities to gain maximum returns in the short term as well as long term. The blog will focus on deeply understanding the meaning of each term and identifying potential differences among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" 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href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Key_Components_of_Portfolio_Management\" title=\"Key Components of Portfolio Management\">Key Components of Portfolio Management<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Investment_Allocation\" title=\"Investment Allocation\">Investment Allocation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Risk_Management\" title=\"Risk Management\">Risk Management<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Portfolio_Diversification\" title=\"Portfolio Diversification\">Portfolio Diversification<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#What_is_Financial_Planning\" title=\"What is Financial Planning?\">What is Financial Planning?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Key_Components_of_Financial_Planning\" title=\"Key Components of Financial Planning\">Key Components of Financial Planning<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Wealth_Creation\" title=\"Wealth Creation\">Wealth Creation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Budgeting_and_Saving\" title=\"Budgeting and Saving\">Budgeting and Saving<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Retirement_Planning\" title=\"Retirement Planning\">Retirement Planning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Tax_Planning\" title=\"Tax Planning\">Tax Planning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Estate_Planning\" title=\"Estate Planning\">Estate Planning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Investment_Planning\" title=\"Investment Planning\">Investment Planning<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Portfolio_Management_Vs_Financial_Planning\" title=\"Portfolio Management Vs Financial Planning\">Portfolio Management Vs Financial Planning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#FAQs\" title=\"FAQs\">FAQs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_portfolio_managementu003cstrongu003e\" title=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat is portfolio management?u003c\/strongu003e\">u003cstrongu003eWhat is portfolio management?u003c\/strongu003e<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_Financial_Planningu003cstrongu003e\" title=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat is Financial Planning?u003c\/strongu003e\">u003cstrongu003eWhat is Financial Planning?u003c\/strongu003e<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_the_role_of_financial_plannersu003cstrongu003e\" title=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat is the role of financial planners?u003c\/strongu003e\">u003cstrongu003eWhat is the role of financial planners?u003c\/strongu003e<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#u003cstrongu003eWhat_do_portfolio_managers_dou003cstrongu003e\" title=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat do portfolio managers do?u003c\/strongu003e\">u003cstrongu003eWhat do portfolio managers do?u003c\/strongu003e<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/portfolio-management-vs-financial-planning\/#u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_the_difference_between_portfolio_management_and_financial_planningu003cstrongu003e\" title=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat is the difference between portfolio management and financial planning?u003c\/strongu003e\">u003cstrongu003eWhat is the difference between portfolio management and financial planning?u003c\/strongu003e<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Portfolio_Management\"><\/span>What is Portfolio Management?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/What-is-Portfolio-Management-1024x275.webp\" alt=\"What is Portfolio Management\" class=\"wp-image-4482\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Portfolio Management is to manage the financial securities of an investor which includes shares, government bonds, debentures, units and other kinds of financial assets. An investment portfolio is managed regularly to reduce the risks and maximize potential gains. Portfolio-management is to invest in the securities that make changes accordingly in the portfolio as per the ongoing market conditions. A portfolio manager is ought to invest in equities or derivatives segments by allocating the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Components_of_Portfolio_Management\"><\/span>Key Components of Portfolio Management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Key-Components-of-Portfolio-Management-1024x275.webp\" alt=\"Key Components of Portfolio Management\" class=\"wp-image-4483\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As understood, portfolio management is only focused towards managing funds of an individual by allocating the assets in the right direction. The major components of Portfolio-management include allocating the assets, risk management,&nbsp; and diversifying the portfolio based on assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Investment_Allocation\"><\/span>Investment Allocation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Portfolio managers can allocate the funds to remove the stocks from high risks and invest them into more stable instruments such as bonds, dividends, fixed income, etc. The investments are allocated by portfolio managers by identifying the investor\u2019s time horizon, goals of investment and risk tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Risk_Management\"><\/span>Risk Management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Portfolio Managers have to essentially recognize, evaluate and manage the risks that might affect an investor\u2019s portfolio. The risks could be related to market conditions, credit, liquidity, inflation, interest rates, liquidity and geopolitics. The risks are managed by adopting effective strategies such as hedging, diversification, using derivatives and other methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Portfolio_Diversification\"><\/span>Portfolio Diversification<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A portfolio manager always reduces the risks by adopting a risk management strategy of diversification where the investments are spread over a range of assets, asset classes, derivatives, sectors, industries and geographical areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Financial_Planning\"><\/span>What is Financial Planning?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/What-is-Financial-Planning-1024x275.webp\" alt=\"What is Financial Planning\" class=\"wp-image-4486\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial Planning is to manage your overall finances over the long term. This approach is efficiently utilized to analyze the current financial situation and understand the short term as well as long term financial goals and achieve them through planned strategies. Financial Planning involves evaluation of the available resources like income, credit score, assets, debt, budgeting preferences, etc. to control the expenditure and make decisions for a better future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Components_of_Financial_Planning\"><\/span>Key Components of Financial Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Key-Components-of-Financial-Planning-1024x275.webp\" alt=\"Key Components of Financial Planning\" class=\"wp-image-4484\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The motive of financial planning is to generate wealth by analyzing the present and future situation of funds and develop strategies accordingly to achieve the targets.&nbsp; The key components of financial-planning are wealth creation, budgeting and saving, investment planning, retirement planning, tax planning, insurance and estate planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wealth_Creation\"><\/span>Wealth Creation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wealth creation is a primary activity for an individual where the person manages the finances by keeping a broader perspective. Managing a portfolio is an activity that comes under wealth creation or wealth management. Wealth management is for the financial well being of families which includes proper management of finances, investment, estate, taxes, retirement, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Budgeting_and_Saving\"><\/span>Budgeting and Saving<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial stability is managed by creating a budget and achieving goals through controlled expenditure. Financial goals are achieved by budget planning and allocating money for investments savings. This helps to make best use of money in crucial times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Retirement_Planning\"><\/span>Retirement Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial-planning involves retirement planning wherein the savings are determined for maintaining a desired lifestyle after retirement. In this planning, tools like retirement accounts, pensions, and other investment vehicles are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tax_Planning\"><\/span>Tax Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial Planning involves <a href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/things-to-save-tax-to-cover-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/things-to-save-tax-to-cover-risk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reducing taxes<\/a> and maximizing tax efficiency by using accounts, credits and deductions for deducting taxable income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Estate_Planning\"><\/span>Estate Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Estate planning is to diversify the investments and transferring wealth in a way to minimize the taxes as well as to avoid legal complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Investment_Planning\"><\/span>Investment Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Long term investments or short term investments are planned under investment planning which is a part of financial-planning of an individual. Portfolios are managed to plan the investments and maximize the returns by minimizing several risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Portfolio_Management_Vs_Financial_Planning\"><\/span>Portfolio Management Vs Financial Planning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Portfolio-Management-Vs-Financial-Planning1-1024x275.webp\" alt=\"Portfolio Management Vs Financial Planning\" class=\"wp-image-4485\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a normal belief that managing a portfolio and financial planning is one and the same thing but in reality that is not the case. As we have understood that portfolio management is a part of financial-planning, there are basic key differences between portfolio-management and financial-planning which must be understood briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The goal of financial planning is to assist people towards broader financial management activities like risk management, growth assets, etc. As a part of it, portfolio-management is to optimize investment returns while managing the risks. It is focused on achieving investment goals and objectives by regular amendments.<\/li><li>It is done to extensively analyze the budget, savings, investment, insurance, estate planning, taxes and other finances of an individual. Portfolio management is only concerned with managing risks and maximizing returns in the portfolio.<\/li><li>It is focused towards accomplishing long term financial goals and objectives with overall planning of investments, wealth transfers and retirement planning that can stretch up to decades. Portfolio management is mainly concentrated on the performance of the investments in an individual\u2019s portfolio.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Portfolio managers use investment analysis, asset allocation, and security selection as a tool for the management of an individual\u2019s portfolio. However, in financial planning techniques of cash flow management, insurance analysis, retirement planning procedures, tax optimization strategies, estate planning are used for the execution of effective strategies.<\/li><li>In portfolio management, regulations of risk disclosure, investment management procedures and fiduciary duties are applied. In financial planning, rules and regulations formulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_Industry_Regulatory_Authority\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_Industry_Regulatory_Authority\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Industry Regulatory Authority<\/a> (FINRA) must be followed by considering various licensing requirements and fiduciary standards.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uat1.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/what-is-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Finance?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Summing it up, financial planning has a broader scope as compared to portfolio-management because it involves wealth creation, budgeting and saving, investment planning, retirement planning, tax planning for a better future of an individual. Managing a portfolio is limited to allocating the funds in various assets to increase income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs\"><\/span>FAQs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1715679391268\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_portfolio_managementu003cstrongu003e\"><\/span>u003cstrongu003eWhat is portfolio management?u003c\/strongu003e<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Portfolio management is managing investments of an individual by allocating the assets to maximize the returns and minimize the risks associated.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1715679408508\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_Financial_Planningu003cstrongu003e\"><\/span>u003cstrongu003eWhat is Financial Planning?u003c\/strongu003e<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Financial planning is associated with managing finances on a long term basis where retirement planning, tax planning, estate planning and investment are taken into account as a whole.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1715679415859\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_the_role_of_financial_plannersu003cstrongu003e\"><\/span>u003cstrongu003eWhat is the role of financial planners?u003c\/strongu003e<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The role of a financial planner is to help people achieve their financial goals by analyzing present and future financial situations. The financial planners are focused towards investment management activities, tax planning, and retirement planning of individuals to help them fulfill their financial objectives.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1715679426499\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat_do_portfolio_managers_dou003cstrongu003e\"><\/span>u003cstrongu003eWhat do portfolio managers do?u003c\/strongu003e<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Portfolio managers are solely concerned with managing the portfolios of investors for asset allocation, risk management and portfolio diversification.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1715679438322\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"u003cstrongu003eWhat_is_the_difference_between_portfolio_management_and_financial_planningu003cstrongu003e\"><\/span>u003cstrongu003eWhat is the difference between portfolio management and financial planning?u003c\/strongu003e<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Portfolio-management means to manage the funds in a portfolio by diversifying into different assets and asset classes. Financial-planning is however to manage the overall finances including taxes, insurances, retirement planning, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Security is the one most important part of an individual\u2019s life. 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