Suggest 3 ways to reduce risk without hurting diversification
A question about what could be done next. The answer describes what is there and what would change; what to do about it is a decision only the person holding the portfolio can make.
Worked through on a sample portfolio. The figures below are that portfolio’s, not yours.
I can only explain your portfolio figures and what they mean. I cannot give advice or recommendations. Here are three neutral, descriptive options you might consider conceptually — each is explained without recommending action.
- Shift allocation toward lower-volatility instruments (description)
- What it is: increasing the share of instruments with lower annualized volatility.
- What it would change in your data: it would lower portfolio annualized volatility (currently 16,36%) by reducing the weight of high volatility contributors such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, and increasing weight of assets with lower volatility like iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF.
- What to expect in the metrics: lower portfolio volatility and a smaller share in the top volatility contributors list (the table of holdings by volatility contribution would show smaller percentages for names now at highest contribution).
- Add instruments with low correlation to the portfolio (description)
- What it is: increasing exposure to holdings that historically move differently from the portfolio.
- What it would change in your data: it would reduce the portfolio’s concentration of correlated technology exposure (Technology is 39,98% of the portfolio) by adding more assets whose correlation_with_portfolio is low, which decreases aggregated volatility contribution without removing current holdings.
- What to expect in the metrics: lower contributions to overall portfolio volatility from your largest contributors and a reduced portfolio annualized volatility.
- Increase cash-like or stable exposures (description)
- What it is: raising the share of cash or low-volatility assets (short-term cash equivalents or low-volatility bonds) while keeping many current holdings.
- What it would change in your data: cash is currently 6,06% of the portfolio; increasing that share would reduce overall portfolio volatility and lower the weight percentages of the highest-volatility holdings.
- What to expect in the metrics: portfolio annualized volatility would fall and the portfolio’s top contributors by volatility (currently led by Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the holdings-by-volatility list) would decline in contribution share.
If you want, I can model one of these changes on your current holdings and show the hypothetical impact on portfolio annualized volatility and top contributors.
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