Theory and Portfolios: An economic history of MPT, APT, and the CAPM from 1952 to 1986.

This book is dedicated to the people who ask, “Why not?” as opposed to those who have made a career from asking simply, “Why?” No particular text should ever really be considered a “be all” or “end all” with regard to any topic or field of endeavor. The primary impetus behind this text was the novel idea that a text could, or perhaps even should, go beyond the basic Philosophy or Logic course delimiters of “Why” and “Because.” Maybe, we could “Push-the-Envelope” or engage in “Out-of-the-Box...