Research brief 016

What if the portfolio’s risk map is changing beneath the volatility headline?

A reconfiguration index follows which groups of stocks move together, rather than only how much the market moves.

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Lucas Carvalho studies rotation in the market’s correlation structure. If the relationships among holdings reorganize, a familiar-looking portfolio may have a different set of shared exposures.

The full analysis examines the study and the practical question behind it: A reconfiguration index follows which groups of stocks move together, rather than only how much the market moves.

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  • How the reconfiguration index is constructed
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