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title: Portfolio Diversification Including Art as an Alternative Asset
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4617318/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4617318
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4617318
featured: 2023-11-02
citations: 1
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Portfolio Diversification Including Art as an Alternative Asset

Art and collectibles can act as alternative assets for portfolio diversification, with art performing well compared to standard investments and showing a unique seasonal pattern in returns.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4617318
- Identifier: SSRN 4617318
- Released: 2023-10-30
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 24 (2023-11-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-11-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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