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
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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
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
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
Mutual funds generate better returns with thematic investing
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Risky, trendy, volatile. These are just a few recent descriptions of thematic investing, an emergent investment strategy that focuses on using research to identify companies relevant to themes or trends created by the impact of economic, technological
Alumni on the Rise – Ali Thompson Welch
Ali Thompson Welch (BSBA ‘13) is a problem solver. She believes in helping the consumer, discovering an issue and facing it head on. Welch grew up in Lakeland and earned her bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Florida
Investors avoid ESG when times get tough
Sehoon Kim‘s recently published academic study found that individual investor demand for socially responsible investing “is highly sensitive to income shocks” and economic stress. Read more in this story from Nasdaq.
Investors are all for ESG. Except, that is, when times are tough.
A study from Assistant Professor Sehoon Kim finds that the appetite for ESG investing goes down when there is an economic shock such as Covid-19 lockdowns. Read more in this story from the Wall Street Journal.
Corporate Partnerships: Evercore
When Saul D. Goodman reconnected with his debt capital markets professor in 2006, he wanted to increase his involvement with his alma mater. It had been 17 years since Goodman graduated from the University of Florida and he wanted to
Higher stakes lead to worse stock performance, research finds
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Imagine you are walking down the street, and someone stops you to ask this question: You bought a stock at $30 per share. Now, the stock’s price is $15. Under which scenario are you more likely to
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