Finance Faculty Media Mentions

Two years after becoming the first major crypto company to go public, San Francisco-based Coinbase is waging a battle that could determine its future as a U.S.-based company. Jiasun Li, assistant professor of finance, tells the San Francisco Examiner that it's not surprising that Coinbase is hitting back.

Does market timing hurt portfolios most during up years or down years? What about when things are volatile? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer ran the numbers in this column for the Wall Street Journal.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about interest-rate-sensitive stocks.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer talked tax efficiency and trading tips with ETFs on a podcast for Zacks. 

Steve Pilloff, associate professor of finance, was quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about the best Fidelity bond funds to buy for steady income.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in this U.S. News & World Report article on high dividend ETFs that investors can use for increased income potential.

In an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, Mason alumni Ruben Devia, and finance student Xiaozhu Zhang investigate whether the best equity fund managers follow the bond market.

Options on stocks and ETFs had much bigger bid-ask spreads than those for the stocks and ETFs themselves. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer ran the numbers on options spreads for a column in the Wall Street Journal.

Adjunct Professor of Finance Brad Swanson and finance students Tristan Snyder and Huxley Waitt tested whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds have higher ESG scores in an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog.

San Francisco Crypto Company Ripple‘s Brad Garlinghouse denounced SEC Chair Gary Gensler as an autocrat as the two camps wait for the outcome of a legal brawl. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, who is critical of the crypto industry, was quoted as an expert in this piece for the San Francisco Examiner.