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Conditions for Companies That Get Virus Aid: Room for Abuse?

“On paper, it looks like we learned the lessons,” said James Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “But the devil is…

March 30, 2020

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Venture Capital-Backed Start-Ups Fear They Won’t Get Relief From Small Business Stimulus

Reena Aggarwal, vice provost and finance professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, said the way the bill is written, most start-ups are considered affiliates of…

March 27, 2020

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In a First, NYSE Will Close its Trading Floor and Conduct Remote Trading Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

"Their orders are getting executed electronically," said Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance and director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and.…

March 22, 2020

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The Benefits of Being on the Trading Floor

The roughly 400 traders that mill around on the NYSE trading floor have certain advantages, according to Georgetown finance professor James.…

March 19, 2020

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Will Coronavirus Cause a Global Recession? We Still Don’t Know.

“It’s a potential threat to the global economy as it goes on longer,” Rohan Williamson, a professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, told me…

March 9, 2020

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Factbox: A 7% Plunge in the S&P Triggered a Trading Halt. Here’s How Circuit Breakers Work

The SEC also introduced a rule called Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity in 2014 to hold exchanges to a higher level of emergency preparedness, and the bourses do…

March 9, 2020

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A Surge in Telecommuting Could Jeopardize Economic Growth

Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean of strategy, finance, and organization and professor of management, discusses whether more people working from home during the coronavirus…

March 4, 2020

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Will Coronavirus Cause a Global Recession? We Still Don’t Know.

“It’s a potential threat to the global economy as it goes on longer,” Rohan Williamson, a professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, told me.…

February 28, 2020

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NYSE Owner’s Exploration Of eBay Deal Opens New Era For Exchanges

“Their core business is very slow-growing,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University. “That’s why exchange operators have been on the acquisition prowl.”…

February 9, 2020

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Georgetown Women MBAs in Finance Benefit from Innovative Courses, Powerful Faculty, and Abundant Resources

Each week in the Hedge Fund Investing course at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Erica Melito (MBA’20) recommended an investment strategy for a select company,…

February 7, 2020