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Study: Financial windfalls hasten early retirement

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Older workers who get a jolt of cash out of the blue are more likely to cash in on early retirement, according to new research led by two University of Illinois finance professors.


How much risk can you handle? Making better investment decisions

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Many Americans make investment decisions with their retirement funds. But they don't always make informed judgments. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research introduces a new tool that investors can use to choose invest ...





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Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.


Firms with high analyst coverage engage in excessive external financing and capital spending

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study in the journal Financial Management explored whether abnormal analyst coverage influences the extent to which companies raise funds from external sources (e.g., issue bonds or sell stock) and the amount of new ...


Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.


Fortune 1000 IT investments are riskier than capital investments, says management insights

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2007 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study of Fortune 1000 companies shows that investments in information technology carry higher risk than other capital investments, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the fl ...


Uncertain climate regulations -- why corporations still invest

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms and corporations frequently need to take investment decisions without knowing if future regulation will support or threaten their investment. This is especially true in energy intensive industries that face high uncertainty ...


Age-old money matters: Positivity in older adults leads to balanced investments

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The economic and psychological term known as "sunk-cost fallacy" is a bias that leads someone to make a decision based solely on a previous financial investment. For example, a baseball fan might attend every game of the ...


Economic Incentives for Analysts Play Role in Determining Street Earnings

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even though investors use street earnings as a key valuation measure, little is known about analysts’ rationale when determining street earnings. Street earnings are an adapted version of earnings based on modifications that ...


Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, ...


Study indicates foreign investment influenced by voters choices at the ballot box

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study by University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management professor Paul Vaaler indicates that when emerging-market countries hold elections they may be determining more than their new government.


Financial risk-taking behavior is associated with higher testosterone levels

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created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Higher levels of testosterone are correlated with financial risk-taking behavior, according to a new study in which men's testosterone levels were assessed before participation in an investment game. The findings help to ...



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