Faculty Insight: Beware the Ides of Summer (and the mindless printing of money)
Professor Farrokh Langdana warns that optimism about the US economic recovery is unfounded because Ben Bernanke's "mindless printing of money" is causing the bull market. More ›
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Rutgers EMBA gave engineer a perspective that proved beneficial as he climbed company ranks
Gregory Sauter, who earned an Executive MBA from Rutgers Business School in 2003, veered from tradition early when he realized he couldn’t muster up any excitement for his college liberal arts courses. After his first year, he packed up his bags and set out to forge a more challenging path into the future: With little to draw on except having helped his father fix things around the house and some summer jobs, he started a construction company of his own. “I wasn’t inspired,” he said, recalling his decision to abandon college and start working on his own. “What interested me was working with my hands and creating something.” More ›
Friday, May 31, 2013
Kid entrepreneurs to set up stands across New Jersey on Lemonade Day
The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development at Rutgers Business School is sponsoring Lemonade Day this June in Newark, Irvington and New Brunswick to expose youth to starting, owning and operating their own businesses. More ›
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
In his convocation speech to hundreds of RBS graduate students, Investors Bank CEO Kevin Cummings, who received his Rutgers MBA in 1977, told the crowd: "Build something. Bring a sense of purpose to your profession. Create a legacy.” More ›
Friday, May 24, 2013
Rutgers Confers More than 14,000 Degrees at its 247th Commencement
The Honorable Virginia Long – a retired associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court who blazed a trail for women in law – encouraged members of the largest graduating class in Rutgers history not just to be the best, but to also strive to make a difference in the world. Long gave the keynote address on a rainy Sunday afternoon during the university’s 247th anniversary commencement before a crowd of 30,000 at High Point Solutions Stadium on the Busch Campus. Her message resonated with students eager to start the next chapter and make change. More ›
Monday, May 20, 2013
Wall Street Journal highlights Rutgers MBA ranking from U.S. News & World Report
Rutgers Business School's successful track record of placing MBA students in jobs three months after graduation earned it a ranking among the top 20 business schools in the country for post-...
Finance professor Dan Weaver on unintended consequences of securities transaction taxes featured in New York Times
From The New York Times:
A study of New York State’s tax from 1932 to 1981 by Anna Pomeranets and Daniel G. Weaver found that it increased the cost of capital for investors and reduced trading volume...
Farrokh Langdana featured: Researchers and professors at top business schools in the Northeast share their predictions
Professor Farrokh Langdana was featured in Arrive, Amtrak's magazine for the Acela northeast train corridor. "Once the economy gets traction, because never in history have we printed so much money...
Dan Weaver on impact of transaction taxes featured in Traders Magazine
Transaction taxes result in more volatile markets, wider bid-ask spreads, greater market impact, and a decrease in volume. Those are key findings of a recent study conducted jointly by the Bank of...
Professor Weaver's research on "Dark Pools" featured in Wall Street Journal
From The Wall Street Journal:
Trading in dark pools and other off-exchange venues has been rising in recent years. About 14% of all stock trades in the U.S. now take place on dark pools, up from...
