The phrase
"asymmetric returns" means that the gains or losses are not equal or proportional. It implies that the likelihood and magnitude of positive outcomes are higher or more significant compared to negative outcomes.
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He took Benjamin Graham's investment philosophy and used it to pursue deeply undervalued positions
offering asymmetric returns where he could control his own destiny.
«We tend to triangulate valuations using a number of different methodoligies that give us a range
of asymmetric return expectations appropriate for the opportunity» Christopher Begg
Through its early investments in leaders in blockchain and smart contract technologies, Coinsilium is ideally positioned to take advantage of the commercial opportunities that lie ahead and
generate asymmetric returns for its investors.
«This survey was conducted immediately prior to a 10 % drop in equities prices and a spike in market volatility, so it's prescient that many institutional allocators were already planning significant allocations to alternative investment strategies, which offer investors the potential for downside protection as well
as asymmetric returns that are uncorrelated to traditional market risks,» Ron Biscardi, Context's co-founder and chief executive, said in a statement.
Does it offer
asymmetric returns?
Mar Vista Investment Partners has a really interesting research piece out The Price You Pay which has a great table outlining the benefit of
an asymmetric return profile (i.e. having more market exposure during up markets than down markets).
This reduces the risk and produces the opportunity type most highly prized by professional investors —
asymmetric returns, meaning low or no downside, and a higher, surer upside.