The efficient frontier is defined as the set of portfolios which maximizes expected return for a given level of risk. The theory was developed by Nobel laureate and economist, Harry Markowitz, and has ...

A curved line on a risk/reward graph showing the combinations of different securities which produce the maximum expected return for a given level of risk or minimise risk for a given level of return.

One of the classic underpinnings of Modern Portfolio Theory needs an update. In the early 1950s, Harry Markowitz's work on mean-variance optimization blazed a new investing paradigm. His Efficient ...

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It is a worthy exercise to screen out securities based upon business activities or hiring practices that are inconsistent with an investors’ belief system, writes Permit Capital Advisors Co–CEO and ...

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 ...