At the Warrington College of Business, there are over 40 student organizations for our nearly 8,000 Business Gators to get involved with to learn, network and gain experience outside the classroom. Cassandra Green, Peter Angelo and James Walter are
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Honoring the memory of a life-altering mentor
Some things are clearer in hindsight, but fifty years after graduating from the University of Florida with his doctorate in finance, Dr. Stewart Brown is still mystified by how he got to where he is today. When Brown enrolled at
The Independent Florida Alligator | Local businesses bounce back as students return from break
The annual winter exodus of students causes problems for small business owners. Clinical Professor & Richardson Fellow Brian Gendreau comments on how businesses adapt to less customers in this story from The Independent Florida Alligator.
USA Today | Trump Media shares surge one week ahead of presidential inauguration
Shares for the company behind Trump’s social media platform Truth Social ended the day up 21.5% at $42.91. It was the company’s largest single-day jump on the Nasdaq since Trump won the presidential election in November. Shares have been volatile since
Reuters Breakingviews | How private share sales could kill the tech IPO
Databricks, Stripe and Elon Musk’s $350B SpaceX facilitated large exits by insiders without a float. There’s a growing pool of patient capital targeting mature startups. The bigger the trend gets, the more likely it is that profitable unicorns can stay
MarketWatch | Analysts embrace ServiceTitan’s market-share potential in parade of buy ratings
The software maker for blue-collar businesses, which recently went public, draws ‘buy’ or ‘overweight’ ratings from at least six analysts. ServiceTitan (TTAN) went public at $71 a share on Dec. 12, and has seen its stock hit a high of
MarketWatch | GrabAGun names Donald Trump Jr. as adviser in bid to lift stock-listing visibility
Donald Trump Jr. has been named an adviser to online firearms retailer Grab A Gun, which plans to go public this year. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insight on the potential IPO. Read more in this story from
MarketWatch | Coreweave, Klarna may break IPO slump in 2025 — but OpenAI, SpaceX will wait it out
Dealmakers and Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter see potential for more IPOs this year, but economic headwinds and ample money to stay private could dampen the revival. Read more insights into the 2025 IPO market in this story from MarketWatch.
Newsweek | How Trump Media Stock Changed in a Year
Jay Ritter, Cordell Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida, previously likened the performance of the company on the financial markets to that of “meme stocks”—a publicly traded company’s shares that experience significant price volatility and trading volume due to
Newsweek | Tesla Worth More Than Next 35 Biggest Automakers Combined
In North America, Tesla’s value far exceeds that of the two other biggest manufacturers, General Motors and Ford, which have market caps of $59.57 billion and $40.02 billion respectively. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter told Newsweek that with its current market cap,
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