If we could gather all of the famous investing pioneers from world history into one room and ask them to build the perfect portfolio, what would it look like? Well, Steve Foerster and his co-author (and previous guest on the show) Andrew Lo, set out to do just that, with their new book called 'In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio'. I thought I'd invite Steve onto the show to discuss his new book, go through some of the 'golden threads' of investing that he came across, his journey in the world of finance, and of course, get his opinion on how close Trend Following is to 'the Perfect Portfolio'.
Thank you for listening and please welcome to the show, our guest, Steve Foerster.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
•Steve's journey to becoming a Professor of Finance and how he ended up co-authoring a book with Professor Andrew Lo
•Some of the concepts from the legendary financial experts they interviewed for the book
•How closely linked the academic world of finance really is
•About some of the most important findings in investment research over the decades
•About the "untold" story of an early 20th-century mathematician, •Louis Bachelier
•Harry Markowitz' story
•What Eugene Fama's Perfect Portfolio looks like
•About William Sharpe and his now famous 'Sharpe Ratio'
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