Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Advisors
Aug 24, 2009
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By William F. Nicklin
While MPT's main purpose is to reduce the risk of owning investments by diversifying a portfolio across different markets, this puts the emphasis on markets, not on the businesses that end up in portfolios. That's a huge mistake, says this stock-picking advisor who has been successful at eliminating risk by removing the effects of markets from portfolios.