Markets: A Rigorous Course

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M14 Portfolio construction, risk, psychology and going live 29

  1. P1 Every portfolio covaries equally with the GMV ★
  2. P2 Zero-beta portfolios ★★★
  3. P3 Tangency by hand ★ Check
  4. P4 Error amplification ★★ Check
  5. P5 Shrinkage intensity in closed form ★★ Check
  6. P6 Risk contributions for two assets ★ Check
  7. P7 When inverse vol is not ERC ★★ Check
  8. P8 Volatility targeting ★★ Check
  9. P9 Conditional correlation ★ Check
  10. P10 Two books ★ Check
  11. P11 Drawdown control with gaps ★★★ Check
  12. P12 Prospect theory numbers ★★ Check
  13. P13 Measure your own disposition effect ★★ Check
  14. P14 Graduation arithmetic ★★ Check
  15. P15 Calibrating a daily loss limit ★★ Check
  16. P16 An LTCM-style stress ★★ Check
  17. P17 Jhunjhunwala's two books ★★ Check
  18. P18 Two short-option desks ★★ Check
  19. P19 Student-tt Expected Shortfall ★★ Check
  20. P20 Why the definition of ES matters ★★★ Check
  21. P21 Delta–gamma on a short straddle ★★ Check
  22. P22 Aggregating rupee Greeks ★★ Check
  23. P23 An MTF margin call ★★ Check
  24. P24 Wrong-way collateral and endogenous margin ★★ Check
  25. P25 Probability of a call ★★ Check
  26. P26 Short via SLB or via the future ★★ Check
  27. P27 Static versus constant leverage ★ Check
  28. P28 A beta-matched put hedge ★★ Check
  29. P29 The tax mismatch ★★ Check

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