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title: RiskFree Zero-Beta Portfolios: UK and US
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4949856/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4949856
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4949856
featured: 2024-09-10
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# RiskFree Zero-Beta Portfolios: UK and US

UK and US: A study reveals that a risk-free portfolio, including gold, T-bills, silver, platinum, and palladium, doesn't always equate to a zero-beta portfolio, based on UK and US data.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4949856
- Identifier: SSRN 4949856
- Released: 2024-09-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 65 (2024-09-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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