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Read the latest news and research from University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty, who are thought leaders in their respective fields and provide expert guidance in the classroom. Their research provides industry leaders and individuals with insights they can use in their careers and daily lives.

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Jay Ritter

SPACs Delivered Easy Money, but Now Companies Are Running Out

Research data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story about how businesses are burning through cash raised in SPAC deals with few ways to fill the gap.  Read more in this story from the Wall Street Journal. 

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Retail investors play a losing game with complex options, according to research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In 2018, the Robinhood fintech app made a change that lowered the barrier to investing in the stock market – reducing the commission and contract fee for buying and selling complex (multi-leg) options to zero. Other platforms

Jay Ritter

More U.S. Tech Companies are Adopting Unequal Dual-Class Voting Structures

Research insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story on how dual-class structures have become much more prevalent among U.S. tech firms. Read more in this story from Visual Capitalist. 

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5 policies that could make future bank failures less likely or severe

The abrupt failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and subsequent concerns about the stability of other banks have reignited a fierce debate among lawmakers, the financial industry, the Biden administration and former government officials about an array of

Baolian Wang

Finance professor honored for outstanding stock market research

Baolian Wang, Bank of America Associate Professor of Finance, is the second prize recipient of the Roger F. Murray prize. Every year, the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, or Q Group, awards three prizes to individuals who present outstanding

Klodiana Lanaj and Remy Jennings

Improving your work-life balance can make you a more effective leader at work

Silencing your notifications and ignoring your email at the end of the workday could make you a better leader at your job, according to new research from Martin L. Schaffel Professor Klodiana Lanaj and Ph.D. alumna and Florida State University

Is retirement a blessing or a curse?

Retirement might not be best for your health. The jubilation of leaving the office for the last time remains for some but fades quickly for others. Whether spending retirement on the golf course or with the grandkids, many retirees are

Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Yuehua Tang

ChatGPT is better at predicting how stocks will react to news headlines than traditional models, new study shows

ChatGPT can’t see the future, but it already has value for investors looking to predict future moves in the stock market. That’s according to a new research paper published in the Social Science Research Network by Assistant Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Emerson-Merrill Lynch Associate

Jay Ritter

IT Buyers Face Tougher Spending Decisions as More Tech Vendors Stay Private

Dearth of IPOs and increase in go-private deals limit information on potential suppliers’ financial health. ‘All else being equal, we will favor a public vendor,’ says one CIO. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story from

Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Yuehua Tang

ChatGPT may be able to predict stock movements, finance professors show

In a new working paper, Assistant Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Emerson-Merrill Lynch Associate Professor Yuehua Tang find that large language models may be useful when forecasting stock prices. They used ChatGPT to parse news headlines for whether they’re good or

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