Finance Faculty Media Mentions

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on how negative real interests encourage risk taking by investors for the first half of a negative interest rate cycle, and how this reverses in the latter half of the cycle.

Businesses that don’t have poison pill defenses “written into their charter tend to earn excess returns.” Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, says in Business Insider that “this is because since they are exposed to market discipline (threat of takeover), management acts in the best interest of the shareholders.”

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, was interviewed by the Financial Times on ETFs and how they have been taking excess risks.

Steve Pilloff, associate professor of finance, was interviewed by WalletHub on what to look for from a car insurance company compared to its competitors.

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.