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- Research and Insights
Office Hours: Reena Aggarwal on the Progress of Women in Finance
The finance industry is behind in gender equality, especially in comparison to other professional fields. There remains a prevalent disparity among senior roles in venture…
March 1, 2021
- In the News
GameStop Frenzy Prompts SEC to Weigh More Short Sale Transparency
“They have the rule-making authority to do almost anything, but generally they have not done much,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University’s…
February 17, 2021
- In the News
An Overpriced Market is Nobody’s Friend, Says Finance Professor of GameStop Saga
James Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss why the Reddit-driven stock rally is a…
January 29, 2021
- Research and Insights
Reena Aggarwal Appointed to Biden-Harris Transition Team
Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy, is serving on the Biden-Harris Transition Agency Review Team…
January 15, 2021
- In the News
Institutions Suck at Trading Crypto
“There was this huge hype for crypto, for good reasons, and prices have increased dramatically,” said Alberto Rossi, associate professor of finance at Georgetown, by phone…
January 12, 2021
- In the News
Trump’s Ban on Chinese Stocks Roils Investors
“Most brokerage firms are hyper-compliant and they don’t want to take on any regulatory risk,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University. “There is…
January 10, 2021
- Rankings
Coindesk Names Georgetown a Top University for Blockchain
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business was named a top school for blockchain by Coindesk, a media platform that focuses on how cryptocurrencies and digital assets…
January 5, 2021
- In the News
IPOs in 2021: After a Year of Impressive Pandemic Offerings, These Tech Companies Expect to Keep it Rolling
By postponing their offerings, Roblox and Affirm have time to file amended paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could enable them to either sell more shares…
December 24, 2020
- In the News
Interactive Brokers, Robinhood Glitches Send Users Scrambling
“Obviously, this is a black eye on any firm that has an outage because customers depend upon their access to the market, and the more time-sensitive their trading, the bigger…
December 7, 2020
- In the News
The Dow has Passed 30,000 for the First Time Ever
Today’s historic news “signals that investors are a lot more confident about the future than the present,” says Arthur Dong, professor of practice at Georgetown’…
November 24, 2020