Pension funds could be a formidable force in getting companies to embrace environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values such as combating climate change or advancing employment equity. Yet they... Read More
Wharton's Christopher Geczy discusses this year's Jacobs Levy Prize-winning paper on the link between earnings and stock prices. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc mohamed_hassan / Pixabay This year’s winners of... Read More
Wharton's Joao Gomes and George Washington University's Tara Sinclair discuss the nation's long-term debt burden and what might be done about it. Q4 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Rilsonav /... Read More
It would be no exaggeration to say that John Clifton Bogle — known as Jack — did more good for the individual investor than anyone else in the past... Read More
Journalist Bradley Hope talks about the rise, lavish lifestyle and subsequent fall of Malaysian financier Jho Low. Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Malaysian financier Jho Low has... Read More
Wharton's David Zaring and William Black from the University of Missouri-Kansas City discuss alleged money laundering at the bank. Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc By Deutsche Bank AG (GIF... Read More
For decades, the main recourse for cash-strapped Americans with less-than-stellar credit has been payday loans and their ilk that charge usury-level interest rates, in the triple digits. But a... Read More
Author Bethany McLean and Jyoti Thottam, business and economics opinion editor for The New York Times, discuss the risk of a financial crisis arising from the fracking industry's high... Read More
Wharton's Eric Orts is joined by Stephen Arbogast of the University of North Carolina and Anita Cava of the University of Miami to discuss the new role of ethics... Read More
One of the great ironies of the 2008 financial crisis is that it was sparked by a product created from a historically safe investment asset: residential mortgages. In the... Read More
Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett discusses the impact of the financial crisis and red flags in today's economy. The panic following the collapse of Lehman Brothers a decade ago spread quickly... Read More
Markets operate on trust. More than 150 years ago, as the American frontier pushed westward, merchants found themselves doing business with far-flung firms with which they did not have... Read More
In August, the current bull market in U.S. stocks became the longest one in history — and there are scant signs of it slowing down. The Dow, S&P 500... Read More
September holds the dubious honor of being the month that marked two cataclysmic events with profound global impact: the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that ignited the war on... Read More
Wharton's Americus Reed and Erik Gordon of the University of Michigan discuss reviving old brands for millennials and Gen Z. Brand loyalty used to be something companies could rely on... Read More
Wharton's Susan Wachter and Benjamin Keys discuss the impact of the subprime lending and housing crisis. The U.S. is not about to see a rerun of the housing bubble that... Read More
This week, the world is remembering what is called “Lehman Weekend.” A decade ago, on September 15, 2008, the giant investment bank filed for bankruptcy, triggering what is now... Read More
The Great Recession, as harrowing as it was a decade ago, seems to have faded from public memory. It is safe to say that a general sense of normalcy... Read More
Wharton's Benjamin Keys, Zillow's Aaron Terrazas and the Brookings Institution's Jenny Schuetz discuss trends in the U.S. rental market. Get The Timeless Reading eBook in PDF Get the entire 10-part series... Read More
The National Stock Exchange of India, located in Mumbai, is the country’s largest stock exchange. It has more than 1,700 listed companies whose market capitalization exceeds $2 trillion. Founded... Read More
Wharton's Olivia Mitchell and Leora Friedberg of the University of Virginia discuss the $4.4 trillion public sector pension shortfall. Get The Timeless Reading eBook in PDF Get the entire 10-part series... Read More
Sweden is regarded as the poster child of cashless countries and is expected to become the world’s first cashless society by March 2023. This means that cash will not... Read More
