Tag: Finance
California drought puts pressure on business, government
California businesses large and small operating across a wide range of industries have dealt with shared pain in recent years. In early April, the...
Center for Alternative Investment partners with CAIA
AMHERST, Mass. – Emory University’s Goizueta Business School (“Goizueta”) and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, a not-for-profit organization recognized globally as the...
Airports like Atlanta’s drive the local economy
Via the New York Times:
To Jeffrey A. Rosensweig, associate professor of international business and finance at Emory University in Atlanta, a booming airport’s role in...
In stock trading, speed isn’t everything
Via Businessweek:
High-frequency traders treat the latest economic reports like predators stalking their prey, pouncing in tiny fractions of a second to buy or sell...
Small and big business play different, but key roles
Via The Conversation:
Companies with fewer than 500 employees have added more than 80% of the new private-sector jobs over the past four months, and...
Patience pays off in investment strategies
"... A study by Ilia Dichev of Emory University of 19 major stock markets around the world... found that a buy-and-hold approach outperformed actual investor returns by an average of 1.5 percent a year."
Will variance in gas prices affect airline industry?
So when do drops in fuel prices get passed on to consumers? In particular, when does it cost less to book a flight?
A recent...
EU trade pact gaining supporters in Atlanta
As the global economy separates itself -- at least in time -- from the Great Recession, increased opportunities for collaboration and trade are topics...
Mercedes’ move to Atlanta means deeper ties to uneasy Europe
Goizueta Business School economist Jeff Rosensweig likens it to the common cold, the United States' relationship with the European economy.
A simple sneeze can have a...
Skepticism on if movie production in #Atlanta creates jobs
From The Walking Dead to the upcoming Marvel-inspired release of Ant Man, movies and television have made big business by filming in and around Atlanta.
But will it be...
Coca-Cola appears braced for change in 2015
It's been a less-than joyful holiday season for the company that gave the world ice-skating polar bears and an iconic vision of a soft...
11Alive: Both winners and losers in lower gas prices
11Alive's Valerie Hoff spoke with Goizueta professor Tom Smith about the nosedive in gas prices in Georgia.
It's not as good news as you may...