AppliedMultiple choice
You cluster assets by return correlation with k-means and the result looks arbitrary. What is the likeliest reason?
- AThe algorithm needs more iterations before it converges
- Bk-means assumes round, equal-sized clusters in Euclidean space
- CThere are too few assets in the universe to cluster
- DCorrelation is unsuitable as a basis for any clustering
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