David I Kass
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance
Ph.D., Harvard University
Robert H. Smith School of Business
4412 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1815
Phone: 301-405-9683
Email: dkass@rhsmith.umd.edu (link sends e-mail)
Dr. David Kass has published articles in corporate finance, industrial organization, and health economics. He currently teaches Advanced Financial Management and Business Finance, and is the Faculty Champion for the Accelerated Finance Fellows. Prior to joining the faculty of the Smith School in 2004, he held senior positions with the Federal Government (Federal Trade Commission, General Accounting Office, Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis). Dr. Kass has recently appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, PBS Nightly Business Report, Maryland Public Television, Business News Network TV (Canada), Fox TV, American Public Media's Marketplace Radio, and WYPR Radio (Baltimore), and has been quoted on numerous occasions by Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal, where he has primarily discussed Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. He has also launched a Smith School “Warren Buffett” blog. Dr. Kass has accompanied MBA students on trips to Omaha for private meetings with Warren Buffett, and Finance Fellows to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings. He is an officer of the Harvard Business School Club of Washington, DC, and is a member of the investment and budget committees of a local nonprofit organization. Dr. Kass received a Smith School “Top 15% Teaching Award” for the 2009-2010 academic year.
The 10th Annual New York Value Investing Congress takes place in New York on September 8th and September 9th 2014. ValueWalk will be providing coverage of the event- below is... read more
The Market Volatility Index (VIX) was introduced in an academic paper by Professor Menachem Brenner and Professor Dan Galai in 1987, and published in the Financial Analyst Journals in 1989. The... read more
FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino reports “that NASDAQ is discussing further acquisitions” with bankers. Gasparino went on to report, that “bankers are warning” officials that “if... read more
Retail Investor Attention And IPO Valuation
Hugh Colaco
Aston Business School
Amedeo De Cesari
University of Manchester - Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group
Shantaram P. Hegde
University of Connecticut
July... read more
The No-Lose Line by David Merkel, CFA of AlephBlog
How long can you hold a Treasury Note or Bond, and not suffer a loss in total return terms, if yields rise... read more
Oil Price Won't Stay Low Forever Posted by Kevin Simms on Nov 26, 2014 in AllianceBernstein
Kevin Simms and Jeremy Taylor
When OPEC leaders convene in Vienna tomorrow, the recent sharp decline... read more
BlackBerry CEO John Chen spoke with FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Maria Bartiromo during Opening Bell with Maria Bartiromo about BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB)’s handset business.
Chen said, “I actually do plan on... read more
The long-running Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) fiasco is bringing a few hedge funds to... read more
Value Investing Podcast via beyondproxy
More podcast available here , here and here.
Value Investing Podcast 54: William Sheeline of Longview Research Partners
Bill Sheeline is a former journalist who was recruited... read more
Inflation is up, and the yield curve is flattening? What gives? In bond market nomenclature, much of which is indecipherable by the design of craft fixed income traders, what... read more
warren-buffett-omaha-berkshire.jpg
