William N. Goetzmann
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, Faculty Director of the International Center for Finance & Faculty Director of Asset Management Curriculum, M.B.A. for Executives Program
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
- PhD, Yale University, 1990
- MBA, Yale School of Management, 1986
- BA, Yale College, 1978
Achievements
Michael J. Seiler Behavioral Research Commendation Award, ARES, 2025
Best Paper Award, Journal of the European Financial Management Association, 2018
James R. Vertin Award, CFA Institute Research Foundation “for a body of research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals”, 2018
Jack Treynor Prize, Q-Group for superior academic working papers with potential applications in the fields of investment management and financial markets, 2018
President, Western Finance Association, 2010
Past President, European Finance Association, 2006