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Markowitz

American  
[mahr-kuh-wits] / ˈmɑr kə wɪts /

noun

  1. Harry M. 1927–2023, U.S. economist who introduced modern portfolio theory: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1990.


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When Markowitz was in Los Angeles for business, he said the couple insisted he stay at their home in L.A.’s wealthy Brentwood neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

In May, surrogacy agency owner Lillian Markowitz was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

The economist Henry Markowitz famously called diversification the only "free lunch" in economics.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Rick Markowitz also told NBC Los Angeles that he ordered an Apple laptop for in-store pickup in Sherman Oaks but that someone else had shown a fake ID in order to pick up his order.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Sadly, I was told that Elliot Markowitz, whose poetry I quote in Chapter 7, is now in the state mental hospital in Marcy, New York, and not allowed to receive books.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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