Financial Engines: A Sharpe IPO
Vahan Janjigian (Forbes ) submits: As an academic, William Sharpe was one of the most brilliant and prolific financial researchers. MBA students are familiar with his work on portfolio analysis and the capital asset pricing model. Portfolio managers often use the eponymous Sharpe ratio to determine how much excess return they are producing per unit of risk. Dr. Sharpe has received innumerable honors. In 1990 he was even named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.This man, however, is no ivory-tower academic. His
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