William Goetzmann
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies & Director of the International Center for Finance at Yale School of Management
Schools
- Yale School of Management
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Biography
Yale School of Management
William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies and Faculty Director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. He is an expert on a diverse range of investments. His past work includes studies of stock market predictability, hedge funds and survival biases in performance measurement. His current research focuses on alternative investing, factor investing, behavioral finance and the art market.
Professor Goetzmann has written and co-authored a number of books, including Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis (Wiley, 2014), The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets (Oxford, 2005), The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture and the Crash of 1720 (Yale, 2013) and most recently, Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible (Princeton, 2016). He teaches portfolio management, alternative investments, real estate and financial history at the Yale School of Management.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Yale University (1986 — 1990)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) Yale University - Yale School of Management (1983 — 1986)
- Bachelor's degree Yale University (1974 — 1978)
Companies
- Professor Yale School of Management (1994)
- Assistant Professor Columbia Business School (1990 — 1994)
- Director Museum of Western Art (1984 — 1985)
Expertise
- Behavioral Finance
- Financial Crises
- Financial Markets
- Hedge Funds
- Mutual Funds
- Private Equity
- Real Estate/Housing Markets
Videos
William Goetzmann: Crash Beliefs from Investor Surveys
William Goetzmann (Part 2): How did money impact ancient Greek democracy?
Insights: Will Goetzmann on Canary Wharf
A Chat with the Yale School of Management’s Professor Will Goetzmann
Money changes everything: Finance as Technology
Schroders: William Goetzmann & Nico Marais on determining value
Money changes everything: Blockchain
Prof. William Goetzmann: Is Cryptocurrency Really a New Idea?
William N. Goetzmann: 4000 years of fintech
Money changes everything: Crowdfunding
William Goetzmann (Part 1): How did finance lead to written language?
William Goetzmann (Part 3): Where did the first “fiat” money come from?
Prof. Will Goetzmann: Did Finance Make Civilization Possible?
Prof. Will Goetzmann on the first stock bubble
Money changes everything: Data Analytics
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