Portfolio theory: As I still see it

Annual Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-23

  Markowitz, Harry M ^a  

^a Harry Markowitz Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital asset pricing model; Friedman savage; MPT; Prospect theory; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952613603     PISSN: 19411367     EISSN: 19411375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-financial-011110-134602     Document Type: Article

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