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27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late February, the company announced that it would convert as much as $50 billion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Edward C. Johnson II

Johnson took over management of the Fidelity Fund in 1946 and built a new company, Fidelity Management and Research. Johnson believed that funds should invest in common stocks that were traded heavily. With this mutual fund philosophy as... View Details

Keywords: Finance

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Working PapersThe Long-Run Risks Model and Aggregate Asset Prices: An Empirical Assessment Authors:Jason Beeler and John Y. Campbell Abstract The long-run risks model of asset prices explains stock price variation as a response to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

Over the Top

power is precisely what caused the short-term fixation that led to the current financial crisis. As stockholder power increased over the last twenty years, our stock markets also became increasingly institutionalized. The real investors... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

Abstract—We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from six data sources between 1963 and 2011. The six measures of expectations are highly positively correlated with each other, as well as with past... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

percent stocks for the scandal free. Split another way, politicians holding more than 50 percent stocks were almost twice as likely to be involved in a scandal compared to their more risk averse... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

anniversary is not only a key inflection point in the history of HBS, but it is also an important opportunity to take stock of the dynamic business landscape for Black professionals. In keeping with the School’s AASU50 commemoration, this... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

anniversary is not only a key inflection point in the history of HBS, but it is also an important opportunity to take stock of the dynamic business landscape for Black professionals. In keeping with the School’s AASU50 commemoration, this... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A game-changer for migrant students

that Curiel performed during his second year at HBS and now incorporates The RFDF Stock Exchange, an online platform that offers migrant students scholarships for college, online courses in business and finance, and fellowships for... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then we'll discuss some of the challenges they pose. Brian, what about the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

size of stock markets across countries and on the ownership structure of railways and other companies in France. In one of his books he argues that France was the largest "financial democracy" in the world, because of the large... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

Eugene Holman

Holman’s greatest contribution to the company came soon after his election as chairman, when he began negotiating for 30% of the stock of the Arabian-American Oil Company, enjoying special concessions for crude oil, production, and... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

08 May 2015
News

A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

positive relationship between risk and return is strong between asset classes (say, stocks and bonds), it is weak within classes, such as the stock market. By analyzing a large sample of historical data from... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

purpose can propel an organization’s accounting and stock market performance. According to a recent working paper coauthored by Associate Professor George Serafeim and Claudine Madras Gartenberg (MBA 2006, DBA 2011), the finding upends... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

Donald T. Regan

Regan became the youngest partner at the age of 35 and worked his way up to become the chairman and CEO in 1971. Under Regan’s leadership, Merrill Lynch expanded its narrowly focused stock brokerage into a full service brokerage firm. View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2020
News

Steady as She Goes

independent company on the Australian stock exchange, and diversified its leadership team, which had been primarily male before she joined. “For a couple of years, it felt like we were building everything from scratch,” says Weckert, who... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; change management; leadership; women; grocery stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2002
News

GE's Jeff Immelt

performance, the ability to focus on the future, and a commitment to its people, culture, and values. “We need companies that perform with integrity,” he said. “Performance is the only thing that will turn the stock market around; it's... View Details

Mary Kay Ash

Ash created a successful cosmetics company by and for women by utilizing a direct sales force and creative motivational sales techniques. At the end of its first year, Mary Kay Cosmetics boasted $198,514 in sales and 318 salespeople. By 1977, the company had over... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (A)

By: Joseph Pacelli and Sarah Mehta

This case covers the events leading up to the 2021 GameStop short squeeze. Using GameStop as an illustrative example, the case explores the rise in retail trading, increased financial information sharing on social media, and the gamification of investing enabled by... View Details

Keywords: Value; Stocks; Financial Markets; Social Media; Investment; Applications and Software; Financial Services Industry; United States

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