Andrew Lo

Andrew W. Lo
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance
Director, Laboratory for Finance and Engineering
Andrew Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris professor of finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the director of MIT’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering. His wide-ranging research interests include financial asset pricing models; financial engineering and risk management; trading technology; computer algorithms and numerical methods; financial visualization; hedge-fund risk and return dynamics and risk transparency; and evolutionary and neurobiological models of individual risk preferences and financial markets. Professor Lo’s awards include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Paul A. Samuelson Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and multiple honors for teaching excellence. He is a former governor of the Boston Stock Exchange and currently a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Economic Advisory Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, and founder and chief scientific officer of AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, a quantitative investment management company. Professor Lo received a BA in economics from Yale University in 1980 and a PhD in economics from Harvard in 1984.

[@joeygarza9550]

I'm taking Mr. Lo's MIT Finance Theory course and he definitely makes a topic that I would have dreaded back in my schooldays totally engaging, not to mention rewarding. True, I don't get the benefit of class participation, nor does my work get supervised or graded by Mr. Lo... still, I was able to locate and download the main finance textbook they use in the course, which is a goldmine in itself. So even if I don't finish the entire course (I've completed a third btw), it's a total win for me.

[@gregorybattis9588]

Forgot to leave a thank you here before. Andrew Lo inspired me a lot, clearly one of the best professors in the world and at MIT. I also like how he mentioned and thanked the great Patrick Winston. Not only is Professor Lo deeply skilled in finance he has a breadth of knowledge spanning several disciplines. Thank you MIT for making these.

[@vseme1572]

Great interview and insights professor!

[@arrowb3408]

Oh, yeah. Great interview with very bullion point questions related to our star- Prof Lo. Now I got known his total background and feel his mum is a marvelous mum to bring up children by her own hand. Thumb up.....STF...

[@theBagger292]

What's the name of the book that he talking about in the 50:03 please !

[@arrowb3408]

Hahaha...damn good podcast for me to listen the Prof story like any guest interviewed by a popular radio show. I will scape this long interesting show into my YT for glistening what he ever mentioned esp in finance with so many fields of studying background......STF......

[@BiMetalAuPt]

At 1: 10 I disagree about the use of 100% stock with 50% stock and 50% bonds in a system called efficient Frontier. Max gains with least amount of total risk.

[@mrsteve7060]

44:00 sums up the intelligence and arrogance of your average b-school student

[@gregorybattis9588]

Dang they don't have any clue what they missed. This professor is clearly one of the best.

[@iceyred6668]

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