Home/Academic Papers/Papers I Remember/Portfolio SelectionItemPortfolio Selectionin Papers I Remember by Graham Pickersgill0likesLike this itemFollow Graham PickersgillOpen in appPortfolio Selection on “Papers I Remember”, a list by Graham Pickersgill on TheLysts.DetailsPhoto—Name—TickPaperPortfolio SelectionAuthorsHarry MarkowitzFieldFinance / risk managementKey ideaFormalises diversification and the efficient frontier, showing that risk and return have to be managed at portfolio level, not asset by asset.Year1952My takeBasically says ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ but with enough matrices that everyone suddenly took it seriously.PreviousThe Pricing of Options and Corporate LiabilitiesRelated itemsDoll & Hill, Smoking and Carcinoma of the LungMarshall & Warren, Unidentified Curved Bacilli in the StomachFleming, On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a PenicilliumWatson & Crick, Molecular Structure of Nucleic AcidsReport