Jamal Awil

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Had the strategy of investing in leveraged low-beta portfolios been pursued on a large. [fact]

Had the strategy of investing in leveraged low-beta portfolios been pursued on a large scale it might have had the performative effect of increasing the attractiveness of low-beta stocks, thus raising their prices, reducing the returns they provided, and minimizing the discrepancy between the model and the market.

Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, loc. 397