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Five Pros on Where CD Rates Will Go in Early 2026 — and Whether You Should Lock in Now

"The Fed is not scheduled to make a rate decision until Jan. 28, so rates will probably stay about the same until [then], or unless something really unexpected happens. The…

January 5, 2026

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Innovative Fintech Reimagining Saudi Banking, Experts Say

Francesco D’Acunto, A. James Clark Chair in Global Real Estate and professor of finance at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, said that Saudi regulators have been at…

January 5, 2026

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Here’s Why Not Everyone Experiences the Same Inflation Rate

“Lower-income groups are in many ways affected most by increasing prices,” said Francesco D’Acunto, a professor of finance at Georgetown McDonough’s Psaros Center for…

December 18, 2025

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Want to ‘Invest’ in OpenAI and SpaceX? How Tokenization Will Change Investing

"We’ve been tokenizing assets in financial services for over 400 years," explained Jim Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. "If…

December 10, 2025

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Tokenized Stocks Offer New Opportunities for Investors, but Carry Unique Risks

“With a token, it is an instrument not issued by the company,” said Jim Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. …

December 8, 2025

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2025 Best Undergraduate Business Professors: Reena Aggarwal, McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University

Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, has made a profound impact at the intersection of financial markets and policy, both through her rigorous, data-driven…

December 3, 2025

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A Chicago Data Center Overheated—and Shut Down Trade in Key Markets Across the Globe

If NYSE’s New Jersey data center goes down, “all the other people just keep on trading,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School…

December 1, 2025

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Nvidia Is Going Out of its Way to Rebut Online Criticism. Is This Savvy PR or Adding Fuel to the Fire?

Jim Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, suggested that Nvidia’s letter to Wall Street analysts was a precarious move,“…

December 1, 2025

Alumni

From the Management: What is Value-Based Care?

Value-based care (VBC) shifts healthcare reimbursement from volume (quantity) to outcomes (quality). Unlike the traditional fee-for-service model, which rewards the quantity of…

November 28, 2025

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Crypto Crash Erodes Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers

“Retail investors can only speculate,” said Jim Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University. “The Trumps can not only speculate, but they can create tokens, sell…

November 24, 2025