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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
  • 12 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

real estate markets returns anywhere. Where Does It End? Everyone knows that the "darling" of the day is already sowing the seeds for the next downturn. People can debate whether this boom is a mania or a paradigm shift. But there are warning signs. REIT... View Details
Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate
  • 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
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

investing in common stocks that were less than three to five years old, or had not paid dividends for several years. Since ARD specified that half of its capital had to come from institutions, its founders felt it was necessary to lobby... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Local Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit demographic variation to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

  Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

For example, pointing out the money saved by tough bargaining with a union could cause a real problem with employees. Announcing a dividend may lead to anger from employees who think it should have been a bonus or from environmentalists... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 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
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

2014, Longbow was deciding whether or not to maintain its position in NiSource. To make this decision, students must perform a discounted dividend analysis to determine the fundamental value of NiSource's stock. Students are also asked to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

Authors:Richard M.J. Bohmer and Thomas H. Lee Publication:New England Journal of Medicine 361, no. 6 (August 5, 2009) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=1347 Dividend Taxes and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2006
  • Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. Investors On The Short End... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • 05 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges Between Education and Business

participants when they came together to report on their group discussions, "Your ideas clearly show the great dividend we can get through cooperation, exchange, and learning from one another." Barriers Linger Businesses have lots of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

Finally, if the ease of customer retention is high, early investment in customer acquisition can pay dividends over a longtime horizon. For example, Web users find changing Internet service providers a difficult task, but buying an... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
  • 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
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

long-run consumption and dividend growth should be highly persistent and predictable from stock prices. BKY's calibration does better in this respect by greatly increasing the persistence of volatility fluctuations and their impact on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

members questioned the logic of additional investment in the region whose resources were so uncertain and wondered whether it was more prudent to pursue growth elsewhere. At the same time, some of Woolf's owners began to believe that more of the company's resources... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jul 2006
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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

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