Portfolio Analytics

Active Share

Definition

What is Active Share?

The percentage of portfolio holdings that differs from the benchmark.

Example in practice

A fund with very different stock weights has high active share.

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A statistic ranging from minus one to plus one that describes how two return series move together.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in the same direction.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in opposite directions.

An analysis of portfolio performance under severe but plausible scenarios.

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