Prof. Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Finance and Economics discusses the factors that led to the Greek debt crisis, the difficulties that Greece will face in the future in terms of its fiscal health and the likelihood that the euro zone will need to enact various reforms in order to retain Greeceâ??s status as a euro zone nation.
Prof. Gur Huberman discusses in The Wall Street Journal "...that investors tilt toward stocks that match their own beliefs about risk. People who regard themselves as risk-averse will assemble portfolios of highly similar stocks that all seem to be "safe." The result, paradoxically, is a risky portfolio with every egg in one basket."
More Stocks May Not Make a Portfolio Safer
The Wall Street Journal
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Participate in Community Forum
In a community forum event on November 12, Buffett and Gates responded to student body questions on a variety of topics, including the economy, investing during an economic downturn and the fruitful careers and industries of the future.
School Welcomes New Faculty Members
Columbia Business School is pleased to announce eight new members have joined the faculty for the 2009-10 academic year.
In an op-ed in the Financial Times, Dean Glenn Hubbard calls for policies designed to support local business in the fight against global poverty.
Only local business can end global poverty
Financial Times
In an op-ed, Prof. Frederic Mishkin calls on the Fed to pursue an expansionist monetary policy.
How to Get The Fed Out Of Its 'Box'
The Wall Street Journal
Prof. David Beim comments on how the the financial crisis has reshaped banking, and what that means for those who teach it.
Banking: Trainers go back to the drawing board
The Financial Times
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, Co-chaired by Dean Glenn Hubbard, Releases Recommendations for Financial Regulatory Reform
“We are optimistic that in the wake of the worst financial crisis in our lifetime, policymakers will embrace bold reform,” Dean Glenn Hubbard said, speaking on behalf of the committee.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Dean Glenn Hubbard discusses financial market regulation.
Hubbard Calls for `Umbrella Regulator' Alongside Fed: Video
Bloomberg.com
School Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis
Contributors to the text’s sixth edition reflected on how the practice of value investing has evolved and what it means to be a value investor today.