TY - JOUR T1 - Portfolio Risk Mitigation JF - The Journal of Index Investing SP - 87 LP - 94 DO - 10.3905/jii.2011.2.1.087 VL - 2 IS - 1 AU - Jim Pritchard Y1 - 2011/05/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/2/1/87.abstract N2 - Pritchard looks at asset allocation to determine if it does indeed help investors protect against significant losses. Asset allocation, market timing, and other previously accepted risk mitigation techniques are broken down and analyzed as to their effectiveness. In addition, more recent developments in portfolio protection are reviewed.TOPICS: Portfolio construction, portfolio theory, VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk ER -