TY - JOUR T1 - Practical Applications of R<sup>2</sup> and the Benefits of Multiple-Fund Portfolios JF - Practical Applications SP - 1 LP - 4 DO - 10.3905/pa.2015.2.3.085 VL - 2 IS - 3 AU - Dale Domian AU - David Nanigian A2 - Scott, Cathy Y1 - 2015/01/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/2/3/1.6.abstract N2 - R2 and the Benefits of Multiple-Fund Portfolios Dale Domian David Nanigian There’s growing evidence that mutual funds that are more different from their benchmark indices outperform. But how do we know whether or not a fund is truly unique? And how can we use that information to build multi-fund portfolios? These are questions that David Nanigian and Dale Domian explore in R2 and the Benefits of Multiple-Fund Portfolios , from The Journal of Investing . This report comprises excerpts from a video interview with David, available online at http://bit.ly/1DgcZ2X and edited for clarity.Investors: Read this report to find out how the R-squared metric can help you identify closet indexers. Portfolio Managers: Read this report to find out how to juice up returns while getting as much benefit as possible form portfolio diversification. ER -