Eugene Fama

American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1939 · age 87

Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist and Nobel Laureate. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.

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2014“The question is when is good? The answer is never.”In their words19 September 2014cnbc.comRead the whole statement

“If active managers win, it has to be at the expense of other active managers. And when you add them all up, the returns of active managers have to be literally zero, before costs.”In their words19 September 2014cnbc.comRead the whole statement

Irving Kristol AwardAward2013Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward2008Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award for Excellence in FinanceAwardMore about this2005Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial EconomicsAward2002Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward1993“Firms that have a high BE/ME (a low stock price relative to book value) tend to have low earnings on assets.”In their wordsp. 8Read the whole statement