Title

Adding Markowitz And Sharpe To The Investments Project

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Global Conference On Business & Finance Proceedings

Department

Business and Leadership

Abstract

Introductory investments courses revolve around Harry Markowitz's modern portfolio theory and William Sharpe's Capital Asset Pricing Model. Nonetheless, the textbook versions of these seminal contributions tend to obscure their economic insights, focusing instead on their mathematical consequences. In this paper, we suggest simple additions to the basic portfolio spreadsheet project that will distinguish the economics (e.g., the market portfolio is efficient) from its necessary consequences (e.g., the beta-expected return relationship is linear). We also show that it is important to use Excel's MMULT function, not Solver, to find efficient portfolios.

Volume

8

Issue

1

pp.

54-58

ISSN

1931-0285

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