Capital versus risk

A stock can be a big part of the portfolio and still cause little of the bumpiness. A wild stock can be a small part and cause most of it. This mix acts like 1.6 names, not 6.

AAPL MSFT NVDA AMZN GOOGL META · 5 years · 1,254 days · Oct 26, 2021 – Oct 26, 2026

  • AAPL24.9% capital · 9.8% of risk
  • MSFT0.0% capital · 0.0% of risk
  • NVDA73.8% capital · 89.7% of risk
  • AMZN0.0% capital · 0.0% of risk
  • GOOGL1.3% capital · 0.5% of risk
  • META0.0% capital · 0.0% of risk

Top bar is capital. Bottom bar is share of variance.