Portfolio & Risk Management

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Risk Management in Trading: Everything that you should know

Explore the fundamentals of risk management in trading with our comprehensive guide. Learn essential strategies and tools to navigate financial markets successfully. Master the art of minimising risks for optimal trading outcomes....
15 min read

Value at Risk (VaR) Calculation in Excel and Python

Value at Risk or VaR is an essential term for a trader as a part of risk management. There are several uses of VaR and different approaches of calculating VaR which you will find with this interesting blog....
6 min read

Performance Metrics, Risk Metrics and Strategy Optimisation: An Overview

Performance metrics, risk metrics and the concept of strategy optimisation - these are the vital components of portfolio risk management. This detailed guide explains it all!...
12 min read

Portfolio Optimization Methods

In this post, we get introduced and glance through the rationale of some popular portfolio construction methods and their implementation in Python....
7 min read

Optimal Portfolio Construction Using Machine Learning

Learn about the Stereoscopic Portfolio Optimization (SPO) framework and how it can be used to improve a quantitative trading strategy. Concepts such as Gaussian Mixture Models, K-Means Clustering, and Random Forests have also been reviewed....
67 min read

Portfolio & Risk Management

Risk Management in Trading: Everything that you should know

Explore the fundamentals of risk management in trading with our comprehensive guide. Learn essential strategies and tools to navigate financial markets successfully. Master the art of minimising risks for optimal trading outcomes....
15 min read

Sharpe Ratio: Calculation, Interpretation and Analysis

Sharpe Ratio is a key financial metric that helps assess risk-adjusted returns. This detailed guide is a MUST if you wish to learn how Sharpe Ratio is calculated, interpreted, and how it can be useful for making informed investment decisions....
17 min read

Value at Risk: A Comprehensive Guide

Gain a deeper understanding of Value at Risk, a crucial risk management tool, its essential concepts and methodologies. Whether you're a finance professional or a curious learner, you will learn all about value at risk, its meaning, examples and more....
11 min read

Quantitative Value Investing Strategy in Python

Unlock the trading success with Quantitative Value Investing Strategy in Python. With this strategy, you can identify undervalued as well as overvalued assets and make informed investment decisions. So, dive in and find out more with this informative blog!...
14 min read

Covariance Matrix and Portfolio Variance: Calculation and Analysis

The covariance matrix is a mathematical matrix that represents the covariance between multiple variables. The portfolio variance measures the overall risk considering the covariance among its assets. But how to use both in trading? Find it all out with this interesting and informative blog!...
14 min read

Portfolio Analysis: Calculating Risk and Returns, Strategies and More

Portfolio analysis is an important part of the trading journey as the trader needs to analyse the expected risks on expected returns before making the investment decisions. With this informative blog, get to learn all about portfolio analysis and the associated calculations!...
13 min read

Volatility And Measures Of Risk-Adjusted Return With Python

Volatility is most crucial for a trader for avoiding losses. But what is it and how to compute historical volatility in Python, and what are the different measures of risk-adjusted return based on it? Find it all in this interesting and informative blog article....
8 min read

Asset Beta and Market Beta in Python

Beta is a good volatility measurement tool for any trader in the financial market. But how is the volatility of one stock measured against the volatility of another? What are the different types of beta values? This blog answers it all and much more!...
8 min read

Portfolio Assets Allocation with Machine Learning

The idea of this project is to design a market neutral (long/short) portfolio of assets to be rebalanced periodically choosing different assets during every rebalance and evaluating different portfolio techniques....
11 min read

Value at Risk (VaR) Calculation in Excel and Python

Value at Risk or VaR is an essential term for a trader as a part of risk management. There are several uses of VaR and different approaches of calculating VaR which you will find with this interesting blog....
6 min read