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title: Markowitz Model
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4859002/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4859002
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4859002
featured: 2024-06-12
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Markowitz Model

The Markowitz model is a useful tool for selecting investment portfolios that outperform market indices, offering larger returns with lower risk.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4859002
- Identifier: SSRN 4859002
- Released: 2024-06-09
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 53 (2024-06-12): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-06-12/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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