Top-performing portfolios of 2025: What were the winning strategies?

Top-performing portfolios of 2025: What were the winning strategies?
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This study compares the performance of five portfolio allocations over one year, through the prism of return and risk. It shows that the asset hierarchy changes radically once volatility is taken into account.

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Aleksandar Bukovski

Aleksandar Bukovski is Lead Analyst at The Big Whale, where he specializes in decentralized finance and crypto-assets. His published work at The Big Whale covers topics including stablecoins, tokenized finance, DeFi protocols, Bitcoin mining, and institutional adoption of digital assets. He also hosts the Market Call, a recurring market analysis format produced by The Big Whale.

Prior to joining The Big Whale in February 2025, Bukovski spent five months as a Research Analyst at The Block, a crypto-focused information services firm, where his stated focus was tokenization. He holds an Engineer's degree in Finance and Financial Management Services and a Master's degree in Investment Management, both from the Faculty of Technical Sciences at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

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