What to do with diversification? Tested sqrt(N) lever: base-6 vs expanded-12 (+REITs/TIPS/HY/intl/
EM/vol-premium). Expanded WORSE (+1.20->+1.04, 2022 +0.1->-1.4): candidates are equity/bond-beta in
disguise -> concentrate not diversify. Trust layer manages edge-health not redundancy. Genuine
uncorrelated net-positive streams are scarce; base-6 already spans the distinct premia. Diversification
is maxed in the deployable book; the lever is capital, not more streams.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
