Topic: Risk Management

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CEO Succession: Execs Running a Subsidiary Offer a Balance Between Insider and Outsider

In an analysis of transitions from 1993 to 2017, they wrung more from operations facing tumult

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Inclusion in an ETF Can Improve the Pricing of Underlying Stocks

It can also help management make capital expenditure decisions

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The Role of Board-of-Directors Pay in Effective Corporate Investing

A model juggles who should suffer when a project goes awry; job market prospects of the CEO; and the quality of information shared in the boardroom

Radio tower waves, communication tower on earth Research Brief / Bond Market

One Way the Stock Market Sends Signals to Bond Traders

Thin stock trading, amid both price volatility and a period of potential economic change, leads bond investors to seek a higher yield

Research Brief / Banking

A Quiet Expansion of Deposit Insurance Could Disrupt U.S. Banking

Seen as a backstop to small- and midsized banks, the program, allowing insurance in multiples of $250,000, alters banking’s risk calculus

Illustration of a hand holding a bidding panel and a house. Research Brief / Consumer Behavior

People Pay for the Right to Bid — and Then Overbid

Bidders sacrifice a better price to avoid ending up with nothing

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The Mechanics of How Social Media Turbocharges Asset Bubbles

Establishment media coalesces around a lone narrative, but online chatter hops between storylines, sometimes shocking traders

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Rise of Nonbank Lenders Undermines Community Reinvestment Act Effectiveness

Traditional banks pull out of lower- and median-income neighborhoods the federal program aims to help

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Why Rising Stocks Sometimes Reverse, Then Rally

Cultural differences and investor behavior can drive reversals and momentum