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Diversifying across alpha sources reduces reliance on any single edge and mitigates edge decay
  • By allocating capital to trend, reversion, sentiment, and fundamental strategies, a portfolio is less vulnerable when one edge erodes.
  • Nang stresses that “the more you diversify your sources of alpha, the more successful you are.”
  • This also spreads transaction costs and reduces the impact of any one strategy’s market impact.
  • The approach mirrors the “five‑pillars” framework he described earlier.
Rishi NangTitans Of Tomorrow01:43:56

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“We try to draw from all of these sources as many of them as we can.” — Rishi Nang
“Diversifying our sources of alpha, our sources of timing.” — Rishi Nang

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Strategic Diversification of Alpha Sources

Nang outlines a five-pillar framework for building diversified alpha: trend, reversion, technical sentiment, fundamentals (value/ growth/ carry) and events/supply-demand.

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