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title: The Effectiveness of Volatility Control Strategies in Incorporating Crypto or Digital Assets Into Portfolios
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4548964/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: SSRN 4548964
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4548964
featured: 2023-08-24
citations: 0
topic: Crypto & DeFi
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# The Effectiveness of Volatility Control Strategies in Incorporating Crypto or Digital Assets Into Portfolios

Effectiveness: Volatility control strategies are effective in managing risk in high-volatility assets like crypto, but their risk-adjusted performance varies, as per a study on portfolio construction techniques.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4548964
- Identifier: SSRN 4548964
- Released: 2023-04-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 13 (2023-08-24): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-08-24/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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