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title: Safety in a Global World
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5285858/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5285858
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5285858
featured: 2025-06-11
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Safety in a Global World

A proposed portfolio theory framework models safety as a variable, investor-specific property that changes based on geographical, political, and institutional factors, rather than assuming a universally risk-free asset.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5285858
- Identifier: SSRN 5285858
- Released: 2025-06-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 101 (2025-06-11): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-06-11/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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