Jack Kramer Term Associate Professor Michael Mayberry, Assistant Professor Scott Rane and Ph.D. student Eashwar Nagaraj investigate whether high-ranking IRS officials profit from private tax information by examining if their stock trades are associated with confidential tax-related data they receive
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Chowhound | There’s a reason Aldi’s meat is always so cheap
It’s no secret that store-brand is usually cheaper than name-brand. Aldi is similar to Trader Joe’s, which rarely sells name-brand products. It’s likely cheaper to exclusively use products made by the company, rather than purchasing them. William R. Hough Faculty
UF News | Is writing with AI at work undermining your credibility?
A new study of 1,100 professionals by Instructional Associate Professor Anthony Coman found that while AI tools make managers’ emails more professional, regular use of medium to high levels of AI assistance undermines employee trust in their managers. The research,
Poets&Quants | The MBA programs that give VCs a measurable edge
In new research with Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev, Blake Jackson, a Ph.D. candidate in finance at the University of Florida and visiting researcher at Stanford GSB, analyzed the educational backgrounds and investment performance of nearly 4,000
Reuters | Figma IPO sketches case for direct listings
Precious few of Silicon Valley’s self-professed renegades are ready to rebel against Wall Street. The madcap market debut of design-software developer Figma (FIG.N), opens new tab makes a case they should. An abundance of capital is already keeping companies private for
Mo Wang inducted into Florida Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Mo Wang, Associate Dean and Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar, is among the distinguished inductees into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEM-FL). Wang is one of eight University of Florida faculty members selected for the organization that brings
Futurism | Someone gave ChatGPT $100 and let it trade stocks for a month
With $100 and a dream, one enterprising Redditor turned ChatGPT into a day trader, and the results so far have been pretty remarkable. Separate research from Assistant Professor of Finance Alejandro Lopez-Lira, though, shows that over years of simulating stock
Tech in Asia | Figma increases IPO target to $1.2b
Figma Inc. has raised the potential size of its US initial public offering (IPO) to US$1.2 billion, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 28, 2025. The San Francisco-based software company adjusted its
Politico | A public market problem with the private market push
For years, policymakers have sought to bolster the number of publicly traded companies and give everyday investors a chance to get in early on the next Alphabet, Meta or Tesla. The Trump administration’s new push to open up lightly regulated
The Wall Street Journal | Fintech billionaire beats co-founder in fight to keep voting superpowers
Shareholders in Wise, a rare U.K. tech success, voted in favor of moving its main stock listing to New York and extending dual-class shares by a decade. Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story from the Wall Street Journal.
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