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WallStreetBets is now reshaping financial markets: Non-professional market participants, or retail investors, are doing the work traditionally performed by financial advisers and analysts.
Now that Gen Z has got a taste for financial trading, the whole game has changed.
A small band of Reddit users have driven GameStop shares to incredible highs at the expense of multi-billion-dollar hedge funds.
With a rising stock market and a booming economy in some industries, not all Americans have been negatively impacted by Covid-19. Which parts of the population have come out on top?
New research published in Long Range Planning provides insights on how a spin-off’s status and attachment to its former parent influence its risk-taking.
Six months into the Covid-19 crisis, the president is boasting that the US economy is back on its feet. While the figures show that some job losses have been cut, there is little room for optimism.
There isn’t much political capital in celebrating stock market gains if the real economy is still hurting.
In times of trouble people still turn to gold. What makes it a safe haven? Largely perceptions, based on its historical mystique.
Financial theory shows that the dividend is economically neutral, although it helps to reassure the shareholder psychologically.
Apple is now worth more than the entire FTSE 100. It says as much about the UK’s premier stock index as it does about American tech.
The real story of the South Sea Bubble and what happened when it burst 300 years ago.
Chief executives have moved on from buying while spreading bad news. They’re buying while spreading uncertainty.
Normally stock markets tell us a lot about the economy. In 2020 that’s no longer the case.
While institutional investors are selling stocks, retail investors are buying. They may not understand the risks.
The rush of ‘amateur’ investors into the stock market has regulators worried. Maybe they shouldn’t.
US stocks have nearly erased much of their coronavirus losses even as many Americans continue to suffer from the pandemic’s impact.
Research into life on the trading floor reveals the importance of being in the room for things to run smoothly.
The contrast between the real economy and the stock market is striking. How long will it last?
Starting to feel a little more optimistic? Look away now.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Associate Professor, Finance, The University of Western Australia
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Finance, University of Exeter
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Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Professor of Practice in Economic Policy, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Associate Lecturer of Finance, University of Central Florida
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs, HEC Paris Business School
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Keele University
