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David F. Swensen

Pioneering Portfolio Management

Pioneering Portfolio Management

The definitive guide to the 'Yale Model', advocating for broad diversification into illiquid assets and equity orientation.

Ray Dalio

Principles:
Life and Work

Principles: Life and Work

Dalio shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years.

Harry Markowitz

Portfolio Selection

Portfolio Selection

The seminal paper that introduced Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT).

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