Finance Faculty Media Mentions

When acquiring a new company, it can be tricky removing members of the current board. In an interview with Business Insider, Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, “Let's say there's nine board members on the board. Only three come up for election every year. So if you want to take over the whole board, it's going to take you three years.” 

Jason Howell, an adjunct finance and accounting professor, was interviewed by Government Executive on Financial Literacy Month and how increase your financial literacy in Government Executive.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Patrick McManus and Alex Oliver, wrote an article for the CFA Institute, highlighting their research that despite retail investors having greater access to diversification tools (i.e. emerging market and frontier market ETFs), diversification in a global sense has actually gotten more difficult (or less beneficial) over the past 40 years.

Sean Spence, an adjunct finance professor, was interviewed by WalletHub on the ins and outs of 0% APR credit cards.

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, was interviewed by ETF.com on a recent FINRA proposal. Horstmeyer noted that "regulators are having to play catch-up with rapid growth of options exposure among the retail investor class, whether those options are embedded in ETFs or contracts traded on Robinhood and similar apps."

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Cameron Hair and Georgi Minov, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on how they were able to show that it is central bank synchronization (when all banks are going up in their interest rates, or when all banks are going down in their rates) that yields the most extreme results for our markets.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Macro Favro and Michael Yelland, wrote an article for the CFA Institute on how bid-ask spreads have come down in options market over the past 20 years.

“The shift down in market expectations is primarily due to the uncertainties surrounding the war in Ukraine,” says Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, in an interview with Capital.com.

"To promote a well-functioning financial market, policymakers need to encourage short interest to come back through relaxing short sale restrictions...” says Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, in an op-ed for the International Business Times.

A new study from Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, and his students indicate that the best three words to use for Wordle are “slice,” “tired,” and “crane.”