Snapshots of Betting on Soles: Sneakers as Alternative Investments

Quickly apply original, key PMR-published papers with Snapshots—a short article companion that distills PMR research into compressed, digestible takeaways, so you can put the paper’s core ideas to work in your investment process—fast. This Snapshot article is based on research arguing that sneakers combine high return and volatility with low correlations; after a mid-2019 break, both risk and return fell, suggesting greater maturity and diversification potential for aggressive portfolios.