easy · Quantitative Finance

In the context of the Law of Large Numbers, why is variance reduction valuable in quantitative finance?

1. It allows for the calculation of the mean without any actual data points.
2. It eliminates the possibility of large losses in the portfolio.
3. It speeds up the empirical frequency's estimation of probabilities.
4. It ensures that the sample average converges to the true mean eventually.

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