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What is Modern Portfolio Theory and Portfolio Risk?

Andrew Stolz

The portfolio return variance is calculated by multiplying the squared weight of each asset by its variance and adding two times the weight of each asset multiplied by the covariance of the asset pair. Beta is the risk statistic used to compare the portfolio’s exposure to systematic risk to that of the market. which equals 0.25.

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Does ESG Information Affect Individual Investors’ Portfolio Choices?

Reynolds Holding

Once a niche area of fund management, the volume of global sustainable investment in five major markets reached $35.3 Retail investors are nonetheless participating in the capital markets in increasing numbers, and so it is important to understand how they respond to ESG information. trillion at the start of 2020, a 54.5

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A Return to Teaching: The Spring 2023 Edition

Musings on Markets

Pre-game Prep If there is a lesson be learnt from the last few years of market mayhem, it is that far too many investors, professional as well as retail, seem to have lost their moorings (or never had them in the first place), when it comes to the basics of accounting, finance and statistics. firms in emerging markets or private businesses.