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  1. Harry Markowitz - Wikipedia

    A Markowitz-efficient portfolio is one where diversification cannot lower the portfolio's risk for a given return expectation (alternately, no additional expected return can be gained without increasing the …

  2. How Harry Markowitz Revolutionized Investing with Modern ... - Investopedia

    Oct 5, 2025 · Harry Markowitz's Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), introduced in 1952, transformed investment strategies by focusing on entire portfolio performance rather than individual stocks.

  3. Harry M. Markowitz – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990 was awarded jointly to Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe "for their pioneering work in the theory …

  4. Harry M. Markowitz | Biography, Modern Portfolio Theory, Nobel Prize ...

    The research that earned Markowitz the Nobel Prize involved his “ portfolio theory,” which sought to prove that a diversified, or “optimal,” portfolio—that is, one that mixes assets so as to maximize …

  5. Nobel Winner Harry Markowitz, Former Zicklin Professor, Dies

    Jul 11, 2023 · Dr. Markowitz won the Nobel—which he shared with two other scholars—for his pioneering work in what became known as Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). It was the subject of his …

  6. Harry Markowitz, Nobel-Winning Pioneer of Modern Portfolio Theory, …

    Jun 25, 2023 · Harry M. Markowitz, an economist who launched a revolution in finance, upending traditional thinking about buying stocks and earning the Nobel in economic science in 1990 for his …

  7. Harry Markowitz: Diversifying Risk | UBS Nobel Perspectives

    Harry Markowitz revolutionized the field of finance by introducing the concept of portfolio optimization with his modern Portfolio Theory, providing a mathematical framework for investors to make informed …

  8. In Memoriam: Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz Passes at 95

    Markowitz earned the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 1990 for his revolutionary research on buying stocks, which changed traditional thinking of portfolio investments.

  9. Markowitz model - Wikipedia

    In finance, the Markowitz model ─ put forward by Harry Markowitz in 1952 ─ is a portfolio optimization model; it assists in the selection of the most efficient portfolio by analyzing various possible portfolios …

  10. Harry Markowitz and the foundations of modern finance - CEPR

    Mar 16, 2024 · Harry Markowitz, co-recipient with Merton Miller and William Sharpe of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences ‘for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics’, passed …