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  • 07 Dec 2016
  • HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

stocks do very well over a period of time relative to other asset classes and become too large a percentage of the portfolio, the robo-advisor automatically reinvests in the other asset classes to control investment risk, frequently through the reinvestment of stock... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) of 13% for the bottom 50% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency considerations. Studies centered on the May 2003 dividend tax cut confirm that differences in the taxation of dividends and capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

benefits to the next generation of elderly, whose burgeoning numbers will dwarf those of the working population. "The only win-win solution to this problem," he said, "is for the GDP growth of the nations involved to grow sufficiently fast to generate a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 09 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

take into account such factors as the number of years until the option expires, prevailing interest rates, the volatility of the stock price, and the stock's dividend rate. Fixed value plans are popular today. That's not because they're... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

positions were significantly more likely than others to repatriate dividends to parent companies in the United States. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18107 How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

the answers in ways that are right for you. By asking these questions, you can craft new strategies for staying on top of your game. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=2420198&R=10352-HBK-ENG&conversationId=129872 Local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Letters to the Editor

Doriot's course and the emergence of the angel/VC industry. I was fortunate to launch my venture in 1965 with $50,000 in angel funds. Charles Morrissey (MBA '62) Irvine, CA Lessons That Paid Dividends I'll presume to speak for the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

technologies like Sorbent Ventilation Technology. This federal down payment on building decarbonization will pay climate dividends for decades to come. Matthew Arnold (MBA 1995) CEO, Unimacts GlobalI have been involved in renewables since... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

dividends in more ways than one. The “Who Else Should I Be Talking To” Networking Strategy As Mbanusi kicked off his venture capital internship search in spring 2020, he began networking by connecting with former clients from MDC and... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

renew its board of directors, or pay dividends and lacked a board-approved operating budget. Nevertheless, it maintained its majority market share and was the only telecom player with positive EBITDA in the market. What were the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2021
  • News

On the Road Less Traveled

about. And so I physically got sick. In the book, Ed recalls asking his father that day, why he was doing this and promising to be a good boy if he would stay. Hajim: But it's one of these things that I keep telling people, you know that experience alone paid View Details
  • 25 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

able to sustain large businesses in those countries even in the postwar era of hostility to foreign multinationals. It argues that the explanation is multi-causal. Unilever held first-mover advantages in both countries, but it was also prepared to accept low View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

when we get out of this, laying that groundwork for safety reasons today will pay dividends tomorrow in terms of fan engagement. This fluid fan wants to have that personalized experience in the venue. They want you to know what kind of... View Details
  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

these issues. Firms devote more external capital to finance their share repurchases than to avoid regular dividend cuts. Debt is the main source of capital used to externally finance payouts, particularly when credit market conditions are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

proportional to dividend yields. Portfolio strategies differ in the pace of capital gains realization. We use the federal tax codes from 1926 through 2007 to construct the after-tax returns that individual investors, corporations, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

effective December 31, 1999. The true story of the Canal upends the more conventional tale of U.S. triumphalism and its shepherding of one of the largest infrastructure works ever built. First, the Canal produced great economic dividends... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

fair strategies in public finance? A: Tax economists generally point to a few things about current taxes that seem unwise. Probably foremost among them is the taxation of capital income, such as dividends and capital gains. There is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

dividends increased every year. This highly successful strategy and its resulting financial performance harbored one potential flaw. Over the decades the company had built impressive capabilities in production, and, more important,... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

balance sheet instead of raising our cash dividends or buying back shares?; Do we have the optimal capital structure, with the lowest weighted after-tax cost of total capital, including debt and equity?; Do we have an operating plan that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne