Table of Contents: “…The pioneers and their connections -- A brief history of investments -- Harry Markowitz and portfolio selection -- William Sharpe and the capital asset pricing model -- Dugene Fama and efficient markets -- John Bogle and the Vanguard portfolio -- Myron Scholes and the Black-Scholes / Merton option pricing model -- Robert Merton, from derivatives to retirement -- Martin Leibowitz, from bond guru to investment strategist -- Robert Shiller and irrational exuberance -- Charles Ellis and winning at the loser's game -- Jeremy Siegel, the wizard of Wharton -- So, what is the perfect portfolio?…”
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Table of Contents: “…The pioneers and their connections -- A brief history of investments -- Harry Markowitz and portfolio selection -- William Sharpe and the capital asset pricing model -- Dugene Fama and efficient markets -- John Bogle and the Vanguard portfolio -- Myron Scholes and the Black-Scholes / Merton option pricing model -- Robert Merton, from derivatives to retirement -- Martin Leibowitz, from bond guru to investment strategist -- Robert Shiller and irrational exuberance -- Charles Ellis and winning at the loser's game -- Jeremy Siegel, the wizard of Wharton -- So, what is the perfect portfolio?…”
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Table of Contents: “…Taylor -- Market-based mechanisms to reduce systemic risk / Myron Scholes -- Policy issues facing the market for credit derivatives / Darrell Duffie -- Should the federal reserve be a systemic stability regulator? …”

Table of Contents: “…Bill Sharpe : "it's dangerous to think of risk as a number" -- Harry Markowitz : "you have a little world" -- Myron Scholes : "omega has a nice ring to it" -- Pt. 3 : The practitioners. …”
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Table of Contents: “…. -- 1996 : James Mirrlees, William Vickrey -- 1997 : Robert Merton, Myron Scholes -- 1998 : Amartya Sen -- 1999 : Robert Mundell -- 2000 : James Heckman, Daniel McFadden -- 2001 : George Akerlof, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz -- 2002 : Daniel Kahneman, Vernon Smith -- 2003 : Robert Engle, Clive Granger -- 2004 : Finn Kydland, Edward Prescott.…”

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