With the publication of his simply titled dissertation, "Portfolio Selection," 55 years ago, Harry Markowitz, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of Chicago, presented the investment ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Harry Markowitz, who won the Nobel in economic science in 1990 for his work on portfolio theory and the relationship between risk and reward, died last week at the age of 95. He ...
While finance historians credit Harry Markowitz as the father of Modern Portfolio Theory, he enjoys pointing to Shakespeare as an early advocate of diversified portfolios. In “The Merchant of Venice,” ...