Complex Valued Risk Diversification

Entropy (Basel). 2019 Jan 28;21(2):119. doi: 10.3390/e21020119.

Abstract

Risk diversification is one of the dominant concerns for portfolio managers. Various portfolio constructions have been proposed to minimize the risk of the portfolio under some constraints, including expected returns. We propose a portfolio construction method that incorporates the complex valued principal component analysis into the risk diversification portfolio construction. The proposed method was verified to outperform the conventional risk parity and risk diversification portfolio constructions.

Keywords: Hilbert transform; portfolio management; principal component analysis; risk diversification.