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Eric Falkenstein

b. 1969

American financial economist

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About Eric Falkenstein

Born 1969. Eric Falkenstein is a financial economist.

Eric Falkenstein (born 14 August 1965) is an American financial economist and an expert in the field of low-volatility investing. He is an academic researcher, blogger, quant portfolio manager, and book author.

Education Falkenstein received his economics PhD from Northwestern University in 1994, and wrote his dissertation on the low return to high volatility stocks. He has been an equity portfolio manager at Pine River Capital Management and developed trading algorithms for Walleye Software. He is currently working on Ethereum contracts.

Writing Falkenstein has blogged for many years and was among the top influencer bloggers according to the Wall Street Journal. He has written articles that were published in The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Fixed Income and Derivatives Quarterly.

He has written two books: Finding Alpha: The Search for Alpha When Risk and Return Break Down (Wiley, 2009) and self-published The Missing Risk Premium: Why Low Volatility Investing Works in 2012.

Personal life Eric has been a libertarian and became a Christian in March 2016. He is married and has three children.

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1969
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Financial economist
Also known as
Erick Falkenstein

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American financial economist

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