Finance Faculty Media Mentions

In an op-ed for The Nation, Brad Swanson, adjunct finance professor, writes, "claims that poverty in America has been eliminated, and that “idleness” is the only barrier to a life of middle-class comfort, would be funny—if they weren’t so dangerous."

In a column for the Wall Street Journal, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer looks at which commodities actually preserve wealth during adverse economic conditions.

Professor of Finance Derek Horstmeyer, was interviewed by ABC News about the recently raised interested rates by The Federal Reserve.

The more-wordy your fund name, the worse it does, writes Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer in an article for the Wall Street Journal. But the reason isn’t clear.

Adjunct Finance Professor Brad Swanson argues that if the right really understood ESG, they would celebrate it, not denounce it in an op-ed for The Nation.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, Jason Howell, Patrick McManus, and Luis Paz-Perez explain their process for creating a U.S. GDP-weighted index in this piece for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog.

Actively managed mutual funds lag behind passive mutual funds. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer put actively managed ETFs through a similar test in this column for the Wall Street Journal.

How much does consumer sentiment actually matter to market performance? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and recent School of Business graduates Yuge Pang and Kexin Xu explored the correlations between consumer and business sentiment metrics and market returns in an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor Blog.

Two years after becoming the first major crypto company to go public, San Francisco-based Coinbase is waging a battle that could determine its future as a U.S.-based company. Jiasun Li, assistant professor of finance, tells the San Francisco Examiner that it's not surprising that Coinbase is hitting back.

Does market timing hurt portfolios most during up years or down years? What about when things are volatile? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer ran the numbers in this column for the Wall Street Journal.