The investment landscape has seen some major changes in the last two decades. Financial and technology companies came and went, stock market values soared, plummeted and rebounded, housing derivatives ...

Investing can be complicated with many moving parts, but modern portfolio theory (MPT) is a valuable tool to piece them together efficiently. If you've ever wondered how to construct a well-balanced ...

Modern portfolio theory is designed to optimize return for a given level of variance across a spectrum of investment opportunities. The ability to monitor and optimize a portfolio gives rise to the ...

Virtus Investment Partners (NasdaqGS: VRTS) partnered with iSectors to launch an actively managed exchange traded fund that promises to track a type of next-gen modern portfolio theory approach. On ...

I think we will soon see a period of great volatility in the markets. One solution for dealing with market complexity and uncertainty is to diversify trading strategies. This requires a rethinking of ...

Investing can often feel like navigating a maze of endless options and ever-shifting market conditions. This is where the Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) comes in, offering a roadmap for making smarter ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Modern portfolio theory (MPT) was first defined by Harry Markowitz with his paper, “Portfolio Selection,” which appeared in the 1952 Journal of Finance. While MPT and management began ...

Editor’s note: Paul Pfleiderer is the C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-founder of Quantal International. A few weeks ago, TechCrunch ...

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has been the very bedrock of investment management and, more specifically, portfolio construction and asset allocation, for decades. To oversimplify, one might explain ...

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has been the very bedrock of investment management and, more specifically, portfolio construction and asset allocation, for decades. To oversimplify, one might explain ...