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Series:   Elements in Business Strategy

Digital Assets

A Portfolio Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Henrique Schneider
Henrique Schneider
Affiliation:
Nordakademie, University of Applied Sciences

Summary

From the perspective of an investor, digital assets are an alternative class of assets. They have several features that differentiate them from traditional investments. This makes them well-suited for a diversified portfolio. The question is how to accommodate them in such a portfolio, how to manage their potential and risk, and how to evaluate them. This short book explains how to include digital assets is a diversified portfolio. It focuses on their differentiating use cases, their idiosyncracies, and how they relate to other types of investment. This is a volume for practitioners and students in finance, asset management, or portfolio construction.
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digital assetscrypto assetsblockchaindistributed ledgerdecentralized financebitcoin
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Series: Elements in Business Strategy
Online ISBN: 9781009437622
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 19 December 2024

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Digital Assets
  • Henrique Schneider, Nordakademie, University of Applied Sciences
  • Online ISBN: 9781009437622
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  • Henrique Schneider, Nordakademie, University of Applied Sciences
  • Online ISBN: 9781009437622
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