I am a car lover through and through. The engineering, the design, the speed. All of it. However, I don’t own a sports car, and “fast” would not be how I describe my trips around town. Why? Because I have a true disdain for depreciating assets. I can’t stand knowing that something I own loses […]
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My CFA Level 2 Experience
It was a beautiful day in June, but instead of enjoying the outdoors, I was headed to a convention center to take Level 2. Things were a bit different from my Level 1 experience. I bought a lunch this time, so I didn’t make the same mistake as before but still brought a lot of […]
Top 5 Books for Finance Students
As a professor, I give book recommendations to students every semester. I decided to condense the list to the top 5 books for finance majors. The reality is that finance students are money dorks and I can recommend books that others wouldn’t find as interesting. So here is the list with more details below. Top 5 […]
How I got my Ph.D. for free
Every so often I have a truly gifted student in my class that comes to me to discuss getting their Ph.D. They are hesitant because of the lack of knowledge surrounding what a doctoral program is like, how long it takes, and what it costs. Graduate school has this scary connotation. It must be expensive […]
Why I Love Being a Finance Professor
It was never my plan, in fact, becoming a finance professor wasn’t even a thought until I started applying to grad school. However, even though it wasn’t planned, I had been preparing for this role for a long time. Looking back it only makes sense that I would have ended up a finance professor. This […]
Daydreaming of a Market Correction
Most people dread the possibility of a market pullback. The wealth destruction and the drop in their investment account balances cause panic and fear. These things do happen, and the market will have a major pullback, but predicting when is a fool’s errand. Instead, its time to not only accept a market correction but to […]