On April 8, the Gatton College held the third annual Stock Pitch Competition. Partnered with the Institute of Free Enterprise (ISFE) & Truist, and organized by the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods, the event is an opportunity for students to carry out creative, valuable research in stock investing and to obtain real-world insights about business.
Quint Tatro recently appeared on CNBC "Traders weigh in on Buffett’s billion-dollar bets on Chevron and Verizon."
Russell Jame was quoted in the Bloomberg.com article, "BlackRock Borrows Against Diversity."
A paper by Charlie Clarke, "The Level, Slope and Curve Factor Model for Stocks" is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics. Abstract:
“Take the opportunity if you see it. If you can’t, create it.” – is the motto of UK Wildcat Xuanhao Wo, who believes in creating his own opportunities for career growth. Unlike other internship opportunities, his current job as a finance intern didn’t exist when he applied. He earned it instead.
The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics will host Wall Street Prep's M&A and LBO Modeling Virtual Boot Camp on April 10-11, 2021. The virtual seminar will be of particular interest to students pursuing careers in investment banking, private equity, portfolio management, business and corporate development, capital markets, equity and credit research, and industry corporate finance.
“The Price Impact of Share Repurchases: Evidence from Dual Class Shares," a paper by PNC Associate Professor of Finance Leonce Bargeron will be published in Management Science.
According to finance adjunct professor Quint Tatro, the semiconductor shortage is rooted in the unusually large demand last year for new personal computers, Smart TVs, laptops, consumer electronics and computer games (all of which need chips) from millions of customers stuck at home during the pandemic. Tatro spoke to Forbes about how investors can benefit from this worldwide shortage.
Currency trader and finance lecturer Peter Trager told the Courier-Journal that the GameStop surge was "not surprising because of the 'new guard' of technologically savvy millennial investors and the speed at which information travels." Observing how the GameStop stock traded Thursday — its close was down roughly 44 percent compared with Wednesday's — Trager said he thinks the stock is starting to "run out of steam," particularly as more short sellers are squeezed out.
On Jan. 28, David Sovich discussed his paper, "State Minimum Wages, Employment, and Wage Spillovers: Evidence From Administrative Payroll Data" on Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business. The paper is joint work with Radha Gopalan and Bart Hamilton (Washington University), and Ankit Kalda (Indiana University).
