Thought Leadership

May 7, 2020
A Method for Assessing Stock-Picking Wisdom
What stocks do the smartest fund managers love, and are they worth knowing? Investors Chronicle recently posed this question and revisited a Russell Wermers co-authored study for an answer.  
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March 18, 2020
Is the ETF Boom Stoking Market Volatility?
Do ETFs contribute to market volatility? New research may hold the answer.
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January 30, 2020
Do Institutional Investors Have An Edge on News?
Research finds no advantage, just superior skills for institutional investors when it comes to reading and reacting to news with stock trades.
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August 15, 2019
Why It’s Not Enough That Africa Grows
Growth across sub-Saharan Africa is expected to outpace global growth this year and next, and the reasons why accentuate the importance of economic diversification, says Maryland Smith’s Lemma Senbet.
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June 10, 2019
Why Active Investors Matter in an ETF Era
With passively managed funds and ETFs surging in popularity in recent years, it might seem like active investment managers would soon be a relic of the past. Here's why they won't be sidelined.
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May 23, 2019
How Free Trade Is Transforming Africa
Today, Africa is set to become home to the largest free trade union in the world, both by area and by population. Already, the trade agreement is changing the continent.
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April 29, 2019
What Samsung’s Folding Phone Says About Markets
It should have been a banner week for Samsung Electronics, but wasn’t. Instead, it was a master class in 'efficient markets.'
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January 8, 2019
Why There's Now One Less Worry for Markets
There was a key development on Capitol Hill last week you might have missed. The decades-old Gephardt Rule, which seeks to avoid having the U.S. run afoul of the debt limit, was given new life.
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November 7, 2018
Teaching Finance the Maryland Smith Way
Short-term thinking hurts companies. But finance students at Maryland Smith learn a different approach. They focus on value maximization, not profit maximization.
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November 2, 2018
Here’s What’s Missing From the Shareholder Primacy Debate
Critics come down hard on shareholder primacy. But Maryland Smith professor Michael Faulkender says people err when they overlook risk/reward economics.
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