Risk-Return Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Rational Investing (Volume One)

by Kenneth Blay and Harry M. Markowitz

Book Overview

The two most important words Harry Markowitz ever wrote are "portfolio selection." In 1952, when everyone in the stock market was looking for the next hot stock, as a doctoral candidate, he proposed to look at many, diverse stocks--a portfolio. He laid the first cornerstone of Modern Portfolio Theory and defended the idea that strategic asset growth means factoring in the risk of an investment. More than 60 years later, the father of modern finance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007181793X
• ISBN13: 9780071817936
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"