William Goetzmann

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