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We review some recent developments in stochastic portfolio theory motivated by information geometry, present illustrative examples and an extension of functional portfolio generation. Several problems are suggested for further study.
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In practice the number of stocks changes with time, and the market capitalization may fluctuate due to public offerings and other events. For simplicity these complications are neglected here.
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Wong, TK.L. (2019). Information Geometry in Portfolio Theory. In: Nielsen, F. (eds) Geometric Structures of Information. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02520-5_6
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