WARWICK LUCAS: The genius behind modern portfolio theory
Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz introduced structure and the rationality of microeconomics to finance
27 July 2023 - 08:00
Harry Markowitz, a giant of academic finance, died recently at the age of 95.
Like other great people in finance, the more people think they know him and the simpler the “great idea” is, the more likely it is that they are probably widely misunderstood...
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