All Articles Tagged As: investing

Older investors a springboard for dividends, study says (3/8/2010)

A key trigger for whether companies pay dividends is simply whether those firms are based in communities with large populations of older people, who are typically partial to the income-boosting benefits of dividends, a new study found. ...> Full Article

Research shows profit, not politics, drives sovereign wealth fund (2/2/2010)

Investment funds owned by national governments -- known as "sovereign wealth funds" -- wield trillions of dollars in investment power, raising concerns that the funds could be used for political purposes and leading to calls for limits on where these funds can invest. But new research from North Carolina State University indicates that such concerns may not be warranted, and that one of the largest sovereign wealth funds has been driven by profit, rather than political considerations. ...> Full Article

Overexposure to credit default swaps contributed to financial meltdown, new study finds (1/5/2010)

Overexposure to credit default swaps (CDS) -- a market-traded form of investment insurance -- are believed to have contributed to last year's financial meltdown.Trying to understand how CDS prices are determined, a team of researchers concludes that earnings have a major impact and in turn, CDS prices can seriously affect the economy. When earnings drop, CDS spreads rise. ...> Full Article

The future of private equity (11/19/2009)

Finance and governance expert Steve Kaplan identifies the core strengths of the private equity markets that are allowing it to weather the current "bust" phase in the industry. ...> Full Article

Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment (11/12/2009)

Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found. ...> Full Article

Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says (10/27/2009)

Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isn't for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns. ...> Full Article

Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert (10/26/2009)

A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of US industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for the week of Oct. 19, but the climb isn't likely to last, says a finance expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. ...> Full Article

Stock graphs can mislead: People prefer stocks with shorter runs (9/24/2009)

Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that when investors use charts, they are likely to make a baseless decision about the riskiness of a stock based on its run-length. ...> Full Article

Expert on market failure says letting Lehman go was good thing (9/15/2009)

Approaching the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' demise, NJIT Finance Professor Michael Ehrlich, an expert on market failure, says that the Feds made the right move when they allowed the investment firm to go bankrupt. "It would have been much worse had the Federal Reserve and Treasury officials allowed Lehman Brothers to stay in business," said Ehrlich. "Lehman was the trigger, but not the cause of our financial problems. A Lehman rescue would only have allowed the financial crisis to grow." ...> Full Article

People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices (4/29/2009)

Greater cognitive ability leads to more calculated risk taking ...> Full Article

Reports involving risk-taking affects financial decision making (4/28/2009)

An innovative study carried out at the University of Haifa examined factors influencing decisions by investment advisors and accountants, finding that irrelevant substance, such as newspaper articles dealing with unrelated risky decisions, affects financial decision making. The results of the study were presented at the APESA 2009 international conference on behavioral economics at the University of Haifa. ...> Full Article

Wishful betting can contaminate financial markets, study shows (3/14/2009)

Wishful bettors, those who make overly optimistic investments, will ultimately harm themselves financially, but they can harm entire markets as well, new research shows. ...> Full Article

New research reveals increasing impact of climate change on investment decisions (2/13/2009)

A survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reveals that three-quarters of 80 global institutional investors factor climate change information into investment decisions and asset allocations. Some investor institutions are now willing to ask companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. ...> Full Article

Economic incentives for analysts play role in determining street earnings (11/9/2008)

MU study finds that street earnings are more biased for glamour stocks than for value stocks ...> Full Article

Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds (5/18/2008)

A study has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth. ...> Full Article

Star status among financial analysts overrated, new study says (4/12/2008)

Some analysts crunch numbers better than others, but the gap is small and ultimately doesn't give investors as much of an edge as Wall Street brokerage firms lead them to believe ...> Full Article

Angel Investors Becoming More Cautious In Uncertain Economy (4/2/2008)

Angel investors are taking a more cautious approach to investing in light of the recent volatility in the economy ...> Full Article

'Smart Money' Identifies Superior Mutual Funds (3/8/2008)

A new study published in The Journal of Finance explores the economic significance of "smart money" in the U.S. and U.K. mutual fund marketplaces. ...> Full Article

New Research Shows January is Best Month to Invest in U.S. Stock Market (2/26/2008)

Investors looking for the best return in the U.S. stock market would be wise to invest in January, which generates the highest returns of any month of the year, according to a historical analysis of stock market returns conducted by two University of New Hampshire researchers. ...> Full Article

Climate change has business in a fluster (12/19/2007)

Corporations could be wasting millions of dollars by jumping on the climate change bandwagon, a Queensland University of Technology researcher said. ...> Full Article