Dr. Steve Horan talks about Portfolio Benchmarking and measuring returns with cash inflows and outflows- SBUBusinessTV on blip.tvThis is the second part of the lecture Steve Horan gave to my students on Friday at the School of Business sponsored breakfast ... Read the full post ... Read more

Q6 Fall 2009: Do you need a nudge?: "Richard Thaler outlines how principles from behavioral economics can help policymakers — and managers — achieve better outcomes.Q: Could you explain some of the key ideas in Nudge: nudges, choice architecture, and libertarian paternalism?'Libertarian paternal ... Read more

Dr. Steve Horan discusses Exchange Traded Funds - SBUBusinessTV on blip.tvThis is the first of three parts.On ETFsOn calculating portfolio returns in and out cash flowsOn the value of a CFA ... Read the full post ... Read more

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation » Is Delaware’s Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional?: "...no bidder in the past nineteen years has been able to achieve 85% in a hostile tender offer against a Delaware target. "Which implies that it is possible that ... Read more

Ok, so this was a mistake...I was trying to post it on the BonaResponds blog, but oh well....and who knows, maybe someone out there will like it and come volunteer with us. (I would rather you do that than donate money to us, but if you want to we do accept donations ;) )YouTube - Machias video Nov ... Read more

A week early for class, but close enough:Kraft Makes $16.3 Billion Hostile Bid for Cadbury - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com: "Kraft on Monday formally made a £9.8 billion ($16.3 billion) hostile bid for Cadbury, making official its effort to create an international food giant. Cadbury quickly rejected ... Read more

Yesterday Steve Horan spoke to my classes. Here are the slides of his presentation. The video will be uploaded soon.SBU CFA 1 From Steve ... Read the full post ... Read more

The basic idea of the talk was that as social animals, we have evolved to be trusting and helpful. It was a great presentation. Next time we will have to video it (hint hint!) ... Read the full post ... Read more

YouTube - Bob Brooks and Jonathan Godbey of the Christian Finance Faculty Association: "A short video interview with Bob Brooks and Jonathan Godbey two of the founders of the Christian Finance Faculty Association from their inaugural meeting at the 2009 FMA conference in Reno."Here is the link to th ... Read more

SSRN-Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances by John Beshears, Daniel Bergstresser: "Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances"Interesting and important, but not all that surprising. From ... Read more