The More Unique Your Portfolio, The Greater Its Potential

(Harvest) If there is a lot of overlap between your portfolio and the market, there is only so much alpha you can earn. This is obvious. Still, when you visualize this potential it sends a powerful message. Active share—the preferred measure of how different a portfolio is from its benchmark—is not a predictor of future performance, but it is a good indicator of any strategy’s potential excess return. As you’ll see below, the higher your active share, the more extreme your performance can be, good and bad.

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