The mean-variance-optimization puzzle: Security portfolios and food portfolios

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Fisher, Kenneth L ^a   Statman, Meir ^b  

^a Fisher Investments ^*

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010205607     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v53.n4.2098     Document Type: Article

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