{"id":2128273,"date":"2020-05-22T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/?p=2128273"},"modified":"2020-05-22T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:24:31","slug":"90-days-of-minimum-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/2020\/05\/22\/90-days-of-minimum-volatility\/","title":{"rendered":"90 days of Minimum Volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had discussed portfolios optimized for minimum volatility back in January (see: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Low Volatility: Stock vs. Portfolio (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/2020\/01\/07\/low-volatility-stock-vs-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Low Volatility: Stock vs. Portfolio<\/a>) and had setup Themes that track such strategies. Broadly, these fall into ETL (Expected Tail Loss) and Min-Var (Minimum Variance) optimized portfolios that either take in the entire universe of stocks or only those that have a high momentum score. So, we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Minimum Expected Tail Loss (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/theme-eq\/556f4832-de1c-4b14-8a88-9620f7be65da\" target=\"_blank\">Minimum Expected Tail Loss<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Minimum Variance (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/theme-eq\/c2eafd3a-c2f6-4cc9-b9fe-6e2864532845\" target=\"_blank\">Minimum Variance<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Momentum (Min-ETL) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/theme-eq\/ff68c60a-5494-4aed-97b1-925eac459e5c\" target=\"_blank\">Momentum (Min-ETL)<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Momentum (Min-Variance) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/theme-eq\/d0d18065-15c5-429c-bdf8-7092f8047dcd\" target=\"_blank\">Momentum (Min-Variance)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect optimized portfolios of momentum stocks to perform better during market up-trends. During bears, we expect them to have lower drawdowns than the market. The Corona Virus Panic put these portfolios in through the wringer. Glad to report that they came out largely unscathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2128283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681-250x143.png 250w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/34b621bd9338ebd8ce4e5068d5fa76681.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Minimum Volatility Portfolios vs. NIFTY 50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our back-tests showed that optimized momentum portfolio would under-perform &#8220;raw&#8221; momentum during up-trends but should have lower drawdowns during down-trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2128293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891-250x143.png 250w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/6633bf79f7f0d1fc5766f8863ac35d891.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Momentum: Optimized vs. raw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimized momentum portfolios saved the investor about 3-4% in drawdowns compared to the &#8220;raw&#8221; momentum portfolio. May not sound like much in this instance but think about the cumulative effect over multiple market corrections when you invest for the long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, optimized portfolios delivered what they promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp us at +91-80-26650232 if you are interested in knowing more about these strategies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had discussed portfolios optimized for minimum volatility back in January (see: Low Volatility: Stock vs. Portfolio) and had setup Themes that track such strategies. 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