Modern portfolio theory is designed to optimize return for a given level of variance across a spectrum of investment opportunities. The ability to monitor and optimize a portfolio gives rise to the ...

Harry Markowitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who redefined money management by showing that diversification could reduce investment risk while maximizing returns, has died. He was 95. Markowitz ...

On this special episode of The Long View, we are honoring the life of Harry Markowitz, a finance giant and leader in research on diversification and Modern Portfolio Theory. Dr. Andrew Lo, professor ...

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For stock market investors, 1952 was a watershed year. University of Chicago economic student Harry Markowitz published his doctoral thesis, which would make up the foundation for his breakthrough ...

While the list obviously incorporates selection bias, as Nobel Prizes are awarded only to those who are alive—a policy fully applied by John Goodenough, who was honored at age 97—the group’s health ...

Nobel laureate Harry M. Markowitz, the economist whose work in modern portfolio theory gave birth to the field of quantitative finance, has died at age 95. Mr. Markowitz, who died June 22, won the ...