Theory and common sense

Theory and common sense

Author: Grant's Interest Rate Observer April 23, 2018 Duration: 22:49

Steven D. Bleiberg, managing director and portfolio manager at Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., joins the regular cast of characters  for a lively discussion of modern portfolio theory and its limitations.

2:50 What is a stock, a portfolio, the #market?

6:20 The theory is now #reality

11:05 #Risk, asymmetry and indexing

14:33 Profit and the cost of #capital

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