--- title: How risky is Warren's publicly traded sock portfolio? description: SmartRisk crunches the numbers and tells us how risky Warren Buffet's publicly traded stock portfolio really is. image: https://www.covisum.com/hubfs/image001.jpg --- [Login](https://www.covisum.com/login-experience) | [Call: 402-235-4500](tel:1-402-235-4500) | [Contact Us](https://www.covisum.com/contact) ** [![covisum-logo](https://www.covisum.com/hs-fs/hubfs/covisum-logo.png?width=264&height=41&name=covisum-logo.png "covisum-logo")](https://www.covisum.com/) [![Start Your Free Trial](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2755909/b23743cd-d0df-4907-a66d-293b58ab1164.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2755909/b23743cd-d0df-4907-a66d-293b58ab1164) [![Contact Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2755909/6c6d7fe7-e094-4fc0-9c82-d93d4ccbb532.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2755909/6c6d7fe7-e094-4fc0-9c82-d93d4ccbb532) # How risky is Warren's publicly traded sock portfolio? Our in-house risk expert, [Ron Piccinini, PhD](https://www.covisum.com/our-team/#ron) plugged this well-known portfolio into [SmartRisk](https://www.covisum.com/smartrisk) (excluding the "others" portfolio). What did he find?  ![image001.jpg](https://www.covisum.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image001.jpg?width=715&height=478&name=image001.jpg) ### Here's how the numbers crunch: - Downside risk for the next quarter: -43% (amount the portfolio could drop in a really bad scenario) - Potential upside for next quarter: +62% (amount the portfolio could gain in a really good scenario) - No single-name concentration - This portfolio does not react to one particular economic factor - The portfolio risk is 27% lower than the sum of individual risks How do your clients' portfolios stack up? Find out for free with a 10-day trial of SmartRisk. 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