Investing in Each Other: Equity Crowdfunding 101
Equity crowdfunding creates new opportunities for both investors and founders. Far more people can get involved in meaningful - and local/regional - investing.
May 3, 2022 | By Cash Acrey
Why Grace Periods Don’t Help Some Borrowers
People are hard to predict, especially where money is concerned. Read to find out how finance experts explain a common tendency among borrowers.
January 24, 2022 | By Evan Wordlaw, Kuan Liu
Everything Must Go! Mutual Funds’ Role During Fire Sales
While Zhang, Zhang, and Wang found that there is relatively less liquidity provision in the market during the Dodd-Frank era because of new regulatory constraints, the act of liquidity provision is still an important signal for investors as they vet fund managers.
December 6, 2021 | By Mitchell Simpson, Xinde Zhang
It Pays To Be Connected: CEOs With High Social Capital Earn Greater Stock Returns
Some CEOs earn significantly more than others in the stock market. Walton College researchers have discovered what they have in common.
October 8, 2021 | By Dobrina Jandik, Tomas Jandik, Lucas Cuni-Mertz
Stress Test Allows Community Banks To Predict How They’ll Handle Economic Crises
Planning for financial crises can seem a daunting task; thankfully, Walton College researchers have created a downloadable, free stress test for community banks.
October 1, 2021 | By Tim Yeager, Lucas Cuni-Mertz
What Student-Managed Investment Funds Teach Everyone
Student-managed investment funds (SMIF) are no joke. Arkansas's Rebsamen SMIF often beats industry benchmarks & has seen a steady increase in returns since 1996.
September 24, 2021 | By Jeff Wright
Master of Finance Degree Sets Up Grads for the Digital Economy
The finance faculty at the University of Arkansas began noticing a trend a few years ago during field trips to visit companies across the region. While job titles remained largely unchanged, descriptions of the actual work finance majors were doing was shifting.
April 8, 2021 | By Stephen Caldwell
Finance Students Learn How to Make the World Go Around
What really makes the planet spin on its axis – metaphorically, of course – are the decisions people make when it comes to money. And that’s where an understanding of finance comes into the picture.
November 19, 2020 | By Stephen Caldwell
Beat the Street: Stock Analysts, Credit Risk, and the Lack of Negative Earnings Forecasts
You may have to spend money to make money, but it never hurts to make sure you see the whole picture.
August 7, 2020 | By Michael Adkison, Samar Ashour
Can Active Managers Beat the Market?
How easy is it to beat the market? Even for skilled money managers, it is not easy.
July 24, 2020 | By Ryan Decker, Tim Riley
The Almighty Dollar: How Presidential Political Parties Affect the Value of U.S. Currency
Does the political affiliation in power affect the strength of the dollar? Bluntly put, is the dollar stronger under Democratic or Republican presidents?
May 8, 2020 | By Michael Adkison, Samar Ashour
COVID-19’s Unique Impact on Healthcare Supply Chains
Times of crisis often need to be contextualized – that’s why you have likely seen news articles comparing the financial fallout of COVID-19 against other crises: the Great Recession of a decade ago, Black Monday of 1987 and even the Great Depression.
April 17, 2020 | By Michael Adkison, Tim Yeager
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