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- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
October, startup Fantex Brokerage Services announced plans to sell stocks related to the star power of an individual athlete's brand. Its first trading stock, which will mark the company's initial public offering, "will be linked to... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
change, Girard’s next step was off the court and onto Wall Street as a Prime Brokerage Associate at Goldman Sachs. “While at Goldman Sachs, I knew I wanted something more entrepreneurial for my career,” said Girard. “Specifically, I had... View Details
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Women's History Month | Baker Library
first woman to purchase a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and was the first woman to own and direct a NYSE-member brokerage firm. Throughout her career, Muriel Siebert was actively involved with a wide range of non-profit, civic and... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
change, Girard’s next step was off the court and onto Wall Street as a Prime Brokerage Associate at Goldman Sachs. “While at Goldman Sachs, I knew I wanted something more entrepreneurial for my career,” said Girard. “Specifically, I had... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
brokerage firm size and status, and recommendation boldness. The changes have a large and significant impact on the classification of trading signals and back-tests of three stylized facts: The profitability of trading signals, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
selling shares. But the banks weren't alone in this conflict of interest—it existed in the mutual funds as well. In the funds, brokerage—the sell side of the financial market, and mutual funds—the buy side of the market, had a potential conflict. View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
course and the General. Many, such as James D. Robinson III, who became chairman of American Express; Sanford Bernstein, who founded the brokerage firm that bore his name; Walter Haas, chairman of Levi Strauss and Philip Caldwell, the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
recommendation levels, additions and deletions of records, and removal of analyst names. The changes appear non-random across brokerage firms, analysts, and tickers, and have a significant impact on the overall distribution of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Wiley Stock investing is more prevalent than ever, whether directly or indirectly through brokerage accounts, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, or retirement plans. Despite this, the vast majority of individual investors have no... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
information about large stock trades to their best, most lucrative clients. When a savvy activist investor submits a trading order through a brokerage firm, for example, the brokers will exploit this information by telling their favorite... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
firms less pessimistically, and eventually they assess them optimistically. Furthermore, we find that more experienced analysts and analysts at higher-status brokerage houses are the first to shift the relation between CSR ratings and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
assess them optimistically. Furthermore, we find that more experienced analysts and higher-status brokerage houses are the first to shift the relation between CSR ratings and investment recommendation optimism. We find no significant link... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
downtown. So being from Harvard Business School, I immediately jumped into his front seat and off we went. This turned out to be an extraordinary opportunity for me in a variety of ways. This individual was working in a large brokerage... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
sell-side analysts employed at state-owned brokerages issued relatively optimistic earnings forecasts and stock recommendations during these periods. This relative optimism is particularly pronounced in earnings forecasts for larger firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
opportunity in reverse. I know that now. Philip Ebeling (AMP 185, 2013) SVP, R-&-D, St. Jude Medical A foundation and a catalyst In September 2001, I quit my job as VP for derivatives training at an investment bank to start my own derivatives View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
Harvard Business School Case 406-033 In 2005, Tad Piper reflects on the successful spin-off from US Bancorp of Piper Jaffray, the investment bank founded by his grandfather. Profiles the development of Piper Jaffray from a Midwestern View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
25-year business career that included 10 years in fashion retailing; 12 years in mutual fund and brokerage financial services; serving as a director on nonprofit and corporate boards; and chairing the Better Business Bureau here in... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
real estate brokerage but helped home buyers and sellers save more money. Over time, in response to customer feedback, Redfin increased the level of customer service it provided while decreasing the amount customers saved, instead relying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911033-PDF-ENG Sidoti & Company: Launching a Micro-Cap Product Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 411-072 It is 2010 and Sidoti & Company, a New York-based View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man was also evaluating several new business opportunities with varying strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel