The idea worth investigating
Igor Halperin links market structure to portfolio selection with a small set of observable matrices. The idea brings ranking and trading restraint into the same investment process.
The full analysis examines the study and the practical question behind it: Correlation distance, return ranks and volatility ranks form a compact market representation. The trading rule is part of the story.
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