Publications

May 2001
Supplement

Korea Stock Exchange

By: Tarun Khanna

Features a presentation by In-Kie Hong of Korea Stock Exchange discussing the depth of the crisis, its origin, and its possible resolution in the end. In-Kie Hong addresses a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Korean Peninsula

November 2011 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Quadriserv and the Short Selling Market

By: Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy

Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Stocks; Financial Services Industry

Article

The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Georgios Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar and Gui Yang

We examine the selection and performance of stocks recommended by analysts at a large investment firm relative to those of sell-side analysts during the period mid-1997 and 2004. The buy-side firm's analysts issued less optimistic recommendations for stocks with larger... View Details

Keywords: Buy-side Analysts; Sell-side Analysts; Stock Recommendations; Recommendation Optimism; Recommendation Performance; Investment Recommendations; Conflicts Of Interest; Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; United States

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March 2005 (Revised April 2007)
Supplement

Richard Grasso and the NYSE, Inc. (B)

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)

September 2007
Supplement

Wells Fargo Convertible Bonds (CW)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Elizabeth Kind

Keywords: Bonds; Financial Services Industry

July 2006
Supplement

Citigroup: Euro Zone Bond Trading (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Christopher Bruner and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Bonds; Financial Services Industry; Europe

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

easy way to make a little bit more progress and feel like you're having more control.” About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStockphoto/serts] What's the best financial... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
Case

New York Life Insurance Co.: Pension Department

By: Robert J. Dolan

Analyzes competition in the pension fund industry. In particular, New York Life must decide whether to compete head-to-head with mutual fund giants by offering record-keeping services or to just continue to focus on selling investment products. Presents the results of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Financial Instruments; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

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1993
Chapter

The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information

By: Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen and Richard J. Roll

Keywords: Stocks; Financial Markets; Information; Fluctuation; Financial Services Industry

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30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

31 Oct 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns

Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko, Josh Lerner, and Yao Zeng; Financial Services; Financial Services

October 1984 (Revised July 2003)
Case

At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)

By: Andre F. Perold

Describes the events surrounding the sale of a particular large block of a thinly traded stock. Brings the situation to the point at which the seller has received an offer, and must now decide what to do. View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Stocks; Financial Services Industry

April 1996 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Risk of Stocks in the Long Run, The: The Barnstable College Endowment

By: Andre F. Perold

The manager of the Barnstable College Endowment is evaluating proposals to increase the endowment's exposure to stocks based on an analysis that shows stocks to be much safer over long holding periods. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Financial Management; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

October 2011 (Revised April 2013)
Case

Kroll Bond Rating Agency

The established credit raters were criticized for inflating the mortgage credit bubble that imploded in 2008. A new rating agency, KBRA, is considering how to capitalize on the opportunity this presents and how to enter the industry. A small group of managers have to... View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Financial Management; Financial Services Industry

April 2004
Tutorial

Yield Curves and Bond Ratings Tutorial

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

To preview this online product, Authorized Faculty can call our customer service department at 1-800-545-7685 or 617-783-7600. This online tutorial explains what drives the shape of the yield curve for traded debt securities. Also describes the metrics used by rating... View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Investment Return; Financial Services Industry