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Advanced Business Research Council
Investments, Financing and Risk Management

  • Investment Analysis
    • Real Investment
      • How to evaluate real investments into IT, Marketing, etc.? JS,JT,MT
      • How does inflation affect the value of real investments? AM, TR
      • How do firms make capital budget decisions domestically and internationally? EZ
      • How to analyze firms' financial health condition? EZ B.
    • Security Analysis
      • How to value businesses? AM How to make financial forecasts? AM
      • How to analyze security investments (including complex ones like CMOs)? AM
    • How to conduct credit analysis? AM
  • Financing
    • Raising Capital
      • How to determine the optimal form of financing? AM
      • How to raise capital? EZ
      • How to determine the exact type of security issue (such as convertible)? AM
    • Financial Market Environment
      • How taxes affect the financing decision? MS, TR
      • How liquidity affects the financing decision? HQ, TR
      • How does security market work? EZ
  • Risk management 
    • Managing Specific Risks
      • How to hedge the risk of mortgages and other fixed-income investments? AM
      • How to manage business liquidity risks and needs? AM
      • How to hedge exchange rate risks? AM,EZ
    • Portfolio Risk Management
      • How to construct a diversified portfolio domestically and internationally? EZ
      • How to manage portfolio risks? AM, MaS
      • Have expertise
Primary Faculty
  • AM=Austin Murphy; EZ=Ellen Zhu; HQ=Hong Qian JS=James Serocki; JT=Janell Townsend; MaS=Mark Simon; MS=Miron Stano MT=Mohan Tanniru; TR=Tony Ruan

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