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The New Diversification: Open Your
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Christopher Geczy
The Journal of Portfolio Management Special 40th Anniversary Issue 2014, 40 (5) 146-155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2014.40.5.146
Christopher Geczy
is academic director of the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research and academic director of the Wharton Wealth Management Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
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During the 2008 financial crisis, many portfolios considered widely diversified failed to fulfill their expected function of protecting against large drawdowns. Historically, correlations among various types of stocks and bonds have usually increased during financial shocks, but the diversification shortcomings of standard portfolio allocations still surprised investors. Six years later, managers have a more sophisticated understanding of portfolio drawdown risk and how to mitigate it through diversification. In this article, the author advocates a focus on the risk exposures within a portfolio and inclusion of risk diversifiers—often sourced through so-called “alternatives”—to design portfolios more resistant to volatility spikes and major shocks.

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