Optimization controls

Portfolio optimization is sensitive to the choice of input parameters. Portfolio Lab provides a set of default assumptions based on a simple forward model as a starting point. We recommend that you review these assumptions and adjust them to match your constraints and...

Portfolio Lab october 2011 release

Changes for Portfolio Lab v2.5, released Oct 20, 2011 Portfolio optimization: options to control the optimization process are added: (1) expected returns are adjustable (2) min/max constraints are adjustable (3) capital market expectations (equity risk premium and...

Symbol discovery for stocks, funds and ETFs

With an improved data feed in place, Kwanti expanded its coverage of the US market to more than: 22000 mutual funds 13000 stocks 1000 ETFs To help you retrieve symbols, we added an auto-completion box: We plan on further expanding our coverage later this year. Please...

Snapshots: custom charts on demand

To obtain a chart image suitable for printing or including in your web page or blog, use the snapshot function. To take a snapshot, click the camera icon on top of the chart. A snapshot window opens where you may customize the image, as shown below. For example, you...

Build your own benchmark

Standard benchmarks such as the S&P500 and Russell indexes are commonly used for performance analysis because of their ubiquity. However, they represent specific asset classes so they are not appropriate as a benchmark for a diversified portfolio that covers...

Visualizing the maximum drawdown

Portfolio Lab reports the maximum drawdown in the backtest module. We added a visualization of the drawdown on the return chart, along with the drawdown peak, trough and duration, as shown below: The maximum drawdown of a portfolio for a given period, is the biggest...