Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by William Forsyth Sharpe

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American economist William Forsyth Sharpe.

Last updated on November 25, 2024.

William Forsyth Sharpe is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

American - Economist | Born: June 16, 1934

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Some investments do have higher expected returns than others. Which ones? Well, by and large they're the ones that will do the worst in bad times.

William Forsyth Sharpe

[What if my advisor talks only about returns, not risk?] ... It's his job to take risk into account by telling you the range of possible outcomes you face. If he won't, go get a new planner, someone who will get real.

William Forsyth Sharpe

Love is a beautiful dream.

William Forsyth Sharpe

Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement.

William Forsyth Sharpe

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by William Forsyth Sharpe

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