Research

SFU alumnus Frode Strand Nielsen: The psychology of investing

Mar 9, 2016

Developing the mindset of a shrewd investor requires a complex combination of factors, including an appetite for risk, an ability to learn from mistakes, and even luck. Though these factors can largely be taught, it also requires a willingness to make contrarian investments – and it is by resisting the temptation to succumb to the inevitable pressure to follow the herd that brings the greatest returns on investment.

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The effect of counterparty credit risk on American options

Jul 14, 2014

New research from the Beedie School of Business suggests that long-established practice used by financial institutions for over two decades is in fact inaccurate – and could have major repercussions for the way banks value assets.

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Shifting the burden of risk

Jun 30, 2014

Publicly traded companies more likely to take risks with employee pension plans.

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Founding the Facebook for Finance

May 29, 2014

New instant messaging service aims to be the financial sector standard.

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Beedie professor Dennis Chung measures market inefficiencies

Dec 13, 2012

Dennis Chung isn’t about to let a proliferation of computer hardware get in the way of a good study on global markets. The professor of accounting at SFU’s Beedie School of Business not only lets computer servers take up valuable space in his office – he has also allowed them to invade his home. Chung, it turns out, is collecting financial data from markets around the world and around the clock – data that is […]

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