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title: Evolution of Portfolios
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5124967/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5124967
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5124967
featured: 2025-02-19
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Evolution of Portfolios

The article studies the evolution of portfolio management over 70 years, focusing on the challenges of integrating investment signals into optimization frameworks.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5124967
- Identifier: SSRN 5124967
- Released: 2025-02-05
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 85 (2025-02-19): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-02-19/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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