Finance Faculty Media Mentions

  • May 12, 2023

    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.

  • May 5, 2023

    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.

  • May 2, 2023

    Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about interest-rate-sensitive stocks.

  • April 27, 2023

    Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer talked tax efficiency and trading tips with ETFs on a podcast for Zacks. 

  • April 26, 2023

    Steve Pilloff, associate professor of finance, was quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about the best Fidelity bond funds to buy for steady income.

  • April 20, 2023

    Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in this U.S. News & World Report article on high dividend ETFs that investors can use for increased income potential.

  • April 18, 2023

    In an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, Mason alumni Ruben Devia, and finance student Xiaozhu Zhang investigate whether the best equity fund managers follow the bond market.

  • April 7, 2023

    Options on stocks and ETFs had much bigger bid-ask spreads than those for the stocks and ETFs themselves. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer ran the numbers on options spreads for a column in the Wall Street Journal.

  • March 31, 2023

    Adjunct Professor of Finance Brad Swanson and finance students Tristan Snyder and Huxley Waitt tested whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds have higher ESG scores in an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog.

  • April 5, 2023

    San Francisco Crypto Company Ripple‘s Brad Garlinghouse denounced SEC Chair Gary Gensler as an autocrat as the two camps wait for the outcome of a legal brawl. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, who is critical of the crypto industry, was quoted as an expert in this piece for the San Francisco Examiner.