Risk Parity Portfolio
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Risk Parity Portfolio
Constructs portfolios where each asset contributes equally to total portfolio risk. Includes multiple risk parity methods: equal risk contribution (ERC), hierarchical risk parity (HRP), and inverse volatility weighting.
Use Cases:
- Diversifying risk across asset classes
- Reducing concentration in low-volatility assets
- Alternative to market-cap weighting
- Multi-asset portfolio construction
Methods:
- risk_parity: Equal risk contribution (ERC) - each asset contributes the same amount to portfolio variance
- hrp: Hierarchical Risk Parity - uses hierarchical clustering for better diversification
- inverse_vol: Inverse volatility weighting - weights inversely proportional to volatility
Credits: 5 per request [Tier: PRO, Credits: 5]
POST
Risk Parity Portfolio
Authorizations
API key for authentication. Get your key at https://api.fincept.in/auth/register
Body
application/json
Asset covariance matrix (annualized)
Example:
[
[0.04, 0.006, 0.008, 0.01],
[0.006, 0.09, 0.012, 0.015],
[0.008, 0.012, 0.0625, 0.018],
[0.01, 0.015, 0.018, 0.16]
]Risk parity method to use
Available options:
risk_parity, hrp, inverse_vol Example:
"risk_parity"
