Markowitz has plan for gaining insights into complex instrument

At the age of 82, modern portfolio theorist, Harry Markowitz still has a lot to say about the state of play in investment management. In the January/February issue of the Financial Analysts Journal, Makowitz who is president of Harry Markowitz Company and adjunct professor of finance at the Rady School at the University of California, outlines a proposal for gaining insight into complex financial instruments, which includes the government sponsoring a survey of direct and indirect exposures.

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