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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

In the News

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

In the News

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

In the News

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

In the News

The Math Behind Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Gambit: Lower Payments Now, but Almost Double the Long-Term Costs

Janet Gao, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, said more choices in financial products are usually good news for consumers, who can…

November 17, 2025

In the News

Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package Tying Him to Tesla for a Decade

Rohan Williamson, professor of finance at Georgetown University, said Musk’s argument for commanding such a vast paycheck is largely unique to Tesla — though similar deals…

November 7, 2025

In the News

Meta, Blue Owl and AI: Here Are the Details of Wall Street’s Biggest Private-Credit Deal Ever

This type of asset-based financing, where a financial security is collateralized by a pool of assets — in this case, the future lease payments from Meta — has become an…

October 24, 2025

In the News

AI Boom: Tech Revolution or New Bubble Set to Burst?

“It sure seems bubbilicious,” said James J. Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of.…

October 20, 2025

Research and Insights

What Happens When Private Equity Buys Into the Hospital Industry?

Janet Gao, Lapeyre Family Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor, explores what happens when private equity takes control of a hospital in a forthcoming paper for the…

October 15, 2025