A capitalization-weighted index is the most common way to gain access to broad equity market performance. These portfolios are generally concentrated in a few stocks and present some lack of diversification. In order to avoid this drawback or to simply diversify market exposure, alternative...

Risk parity is an allocation method used to build diversified portfolios that does not rely on any assumptions of expected returns, thus placing risk management at the heart of the strategy. This explains why risk parity became a popular investment model after the global financial crisis in...