As Enron collapsed in the Summer and Fall of 2001, most Wall Street analysts maintained either buy or strong buy recommendations for Enron common stock. The largest bankruptcy in U.S. history was often described as coming without warning, as $60 billion in market capitalization vanished. We...

College students publicly rate their professors' teaching at RateMyProfessors.com, a web page where students anonymously judge their professors on Quality, Easiness, and Sexiness. Using the data from this web site, we examine the relations between Quality, Easiness, and Sexiness for 3,190...

The first Exchange Traded Note (ETN) was introduced in 2006. Since then, at least 64 other ETNs have been issued, with more announced. This financial security, which is growing in number and popularity, is often confused with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and seems to be largely misunderstood by...

Felton et al. (2004) reported that web-based student evaluations of teaching (SET) demonstrated a student preference for course easiness and instructor sexiness. This study explores these same relationships with a larger and improved database. Results indicate even stronger relationships than...

College students publicly rate their professors' teaching at RateMyProfessors.com, a web page where students anonymously judge their professors on Quality, Easiness, and Sexiness. Using the data from this web site, we examine the relations between Quality, Easiness, and Sexiness for 3,190...

Recently published evidence of limited learning among American college students confirms the damage done when students, faculty, and institutions pursue interests that conflict with the educational process. The ‘disengagement compact' in which faculty tacitly trade lenient workloads and...

Value Line's timeliness rankings for common stocks are the topic of much debate and research in finance journals. The interest stems from Value Line's purported ability to select stocks that outperform the market, and such stock-selection success is considered anomalous to the market efficiency...

The flow of unauthorized corporate information has changed dramatically in the past few years as Internet message boards have moved from the fringe to the mainstream. Employees, former employees, customers, competitors, and investors are all anonymously communicating with one another on message...

We analyze the correlation between the political orientation of investors and their financial risk tolerance. Assessing financial risk tolerance is a very important aspect to developing an appropriate long-term investing strategy. Our study is based on a sample of 129 undergraduates at Central...