Black Swan Stress Testing: Preparing Quantitative Portfolios for Liquidity Shocks [2026]
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1. Correlation Breakdown in Market Panics
Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails When You Need It Most
Harry Markowitz's Modern Portfolio Theory assumes stationary asset correlation matrices. In reality, during liquidity panic events, correlations between equities, commodities, and emerging markets surge toward +1.0.
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