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| A Conversation with Dr. Harry Markowitz
Paul Harder
May 21, 2002
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Dr. Harry Markowitz, of the Harry Markowitz Company and a professor at the University of California at San Diego, has been credited as one of the creators of portfolio management theory. In the 1950s, he wrote that a portfolio of diverse investments is more likely than individual investments to reduce risks and produce a higher rate of return. His Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) revolutionized the way investments were viewed. With new tools for estimating risks and returns, investment managers were able to create funds designed to suit investors' individual risk thresholds while attaining desired returns. For his work, Dr.
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