Making the investment decision involves subdividing the major steps into objectives, constraints and policies into concrete considerations. The process of the investment decision involves an assessment of the client's objective return requirements and risk tolerance as well as the client's constraints (e.g. liquidity, horizon, regulations, taxes and unique needs). Further, the investment decision considers relevant policies of asset allocation, diversification, risk positioning, tax positioning and income generation. The investment decision involving objectives, constraints and policies do not contend directly with the relevant constraints of security selection and investor preference or accumulated investor experience and historical investment benchmarks.