Investment advice from mutual fund companies: Closer to the Talmud than to Markowitz

Journal of Portfolio Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-25

  Fisher, Kenneth L ^a   Statman, Meir ^b  

^a Fisher Investments Inc   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031616864     PISSN: 00954918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/jpm.1997.409626     Document Type: Article

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