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Family matters: How internal incentives shape outcomes for fund firmsFinance Professor Rafael Zambrana researched the significance and ramifications of different incentive strategies for mutual fund families and their clients and found the incentive mechanism used has an impact on fund performance and risk and is associated with different clientele of these asset managers.
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Unemployment will get much worse before it gets better, expert saysThe U.S. Department of Labor reported March 26 that jobless claims from Americans displaced by the coronavirus pandemic soared to 3.28 million and the trend will continue as Americans shelter in place, according to finance professor Jason Reed.
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Expert says “stimulus” package is economically appropriate, urges cautionCongress should be applauded for putting together such an unprecedentedly massive package so quickly, according to Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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ND business experts on: CoronavirusJeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance, James O'Rourke, professor of management, and Kaitlin Wowak, assistant professor of information technology, analytics, and operations, provide insight into aspects of how the COVID-19 epidemic has unfolded, as health officials brace for the virus to spread within the United States.
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How female investors are steering start-ups and changing Wall Street’s cultureNDIGI managing director and 30-year financial industry veteran Erin Bellisimo was interviewed for Variety's article on how the rising stars of high finance are increasingly women who have paid their dues at established firms.
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How a ‘currency war’ could weaken US economyFinance Professor Jeffrey Bergstrand gives a historical perspective on the effect tariff wars have on the economy in an article for AP News. The US trade conflict with China escalated and threatens to destabilize the global financial system.
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Study finds mutual fund managers tap into their networks for info on insider trades, portfolios benefitNew research by assistant professor of finance Huaizhi Chen found that these tracked insider trades can predict future firm returns, with the stocks bought by a fund manager after a tracked insider buy outperforming other firm purchases.
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Elimination of NAFTA would hurt Canada the most, new study findsFinance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand's new research examined the effects of the elimination of NAFTA (and for robustness US withdrawal only) on the US, Mexico and Canada. NAFTA, an agreement creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America, is currently at risk if the US withdraws.
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Study shows NAFTA’s demise puts Canada in the ‘penalty box’Phys.org published a story about finance professor's new research into what the results of dissolution of NAFTA would be. The study revealed the move would hurt the US, Canada and Mexico economically, but surprisingly Canada would suffer the most.
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NAFTA’s demise puts Canada in the ‘penalty box,’ study showsA new study by finance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand confirms that the elimination of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or simply the withdrawal of the U.S. from NAFTA, would reduce standards of living in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
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