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    Risk Parity

    An approach that gives every asset the same contribution to total portfolio risk, instead of the same dollar weight.

    A risk parity portfolio scales positions so each asset contributes equally to overall variance. Lower-volatility assets receive larger weights, higher-volatility assets receive smaller weights. Often levered to reach a target return.

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