Junior Lecturer in Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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EC4024 Lecture 9 Portfolio Analysis

Introduction

Modern portfolio analysis rests on the work of Markowitz and others. The essential idea is to reduce risk through diversification of a portfolio of differentially risky analysis. Portfolio analysis sets us up to explore the CAPM, APT, EMH and the adaptive markets hypothesis.

Length: 50 mins

Click below for lecture notes, handouts, slides, and links for further reading.

Slides

Handout


Lecture9_Portfolio_theory.pdf

Further Reading

Harry Markowitz;s Nobel Lecture

Markowitz: Foundations of Portfolio Theory

Markowitz, 1959, Efficient Portfolio Selection, fulltext of his 1959 book.