Harry Markowitz

Diversifying sufficiently among uncorrelated risks can reduce portfolio risk toward zero. But financial engineers should know that's not true of a portfolio of correlated risks.

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These are some quotes by American author Harry Markowitz Economist, who was born on August 24, 1927.

Quotes by Harry Markowitz

I was born in Chicago in 1927, the only child of Morris and Mildred Markowitz, who owned a small grocery store. We lived in a nice apartment, always had enough to eat, and I had my own room. I never was aware of the Great Depression.

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I would never be 100 percent in stocks or 100 percent in bonds or cash.

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The chief problem with the individual investor: He or she typically buys when the market is high and thinks it's going to go up, and sells when the market is low and thinks it's going to go down.

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