Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University
Dr. Alexander Kurov serves as Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. Dr. Kurov’s research interests are in financial market efficiency, futures markets, commodity markets and behavioral finance. His work examines price discovery, informed trading and the effect of public announcements on asset prices. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Commodity Markets and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
What is insider trading? Two finance experts explain why it matters to everyone
May 09, 2023 04:02 am UTC| Economy Investing Insights & Views
Insider trading is the term used to describe the illegal act in which someone relies on market-moving, nonpublic information to decide whether to buy or sell a financial asset. For example, say you work as an executive...
Feb 08, 2021 12:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Investing
Shares of GameStop and other companies or assets that shot up in value in recent weeks are now dropping like stones. While I feel sorry for the many investors who will likely lose a lot of money, the stocks return to Earth...
The Fed will have to do a lot more than cut rates to zero to stop Wall Street's coronavirus panic
Mar 17, 2020 01:38 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The Federal Reserve is 0 for 2 in its fight against Wall Streets coronavirus panic, seeming to confirm perceptions of the central banks impotence. The Feds first attempt to calm thing down a half-point surprise rate...
The Fed cares when the stock market freaks out – but only when it turns into a bear
Dec 21, 2018 11:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
Stocks have been falling for more than two months, with investors all but begging the Federal Reserve to stop lifting short-term interest rates. Higher rates hurt stocks by making other, less risky investments look more...
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