Editor's note: Eccles Ambassador Jeff Letsinger gives students advice about how to survive during finals at The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. Finals can be a stressful and expensive time for students. We are trying to squeeze out every last minute of available study time before we show up for finals. In the process, we make exceptions and dig into our wallets or purses [...]
A huge congratulations to several of our students! Out of 800 team who competed in the CFA Equity Research Competition, the Eccles School would like to congratulate two of our teams, who ended up taking first and second in the state’s CFA equity research competition. Team Members Team 1 Chase Lindsey Joe Malach Arman Oganov Mark Storey Team 2 Kyle Asay Nathan Johnson Andres Lancheros Taylor [...]
Editor's Note: Douglas Cabral is a recent Eccles School alum who graduated in May 2015. He interned at Google in the summer of 2014. The application deadline for the Google BOLD program is Dec. 10, 2015. Everything started in the end of 2013 when I found out about the Google BOLD Program. BOLD stands for Building Opportunities for Leadership & Development. In plain English, [...]
Editor’s Note: This is an installment in the series called Young Alumni. The series spotlights recently graduated alumni who are starting careers and succeeding in the business world. Umu Tafisi is a Corporate Contracts Analyst for Zions Bancorporation. Umu holds a BS in Finance, earned a Juris Doctor (with certificate in Critical Race Studies), and is a licensed attorney in California. Umu currently resides [...]
The Student Investment fund at the Eccles School allows undergraduate students to manage a $300,000 investment portfolio comprised of exchange-listed equities, ETFs and money market investments. The class, which is run by Associate Professor of Finance Elizabeth Tashjian, is by application and only 18 students are accepted. Those applications are due by Thursday, March 26 at 3 p.m. The experience of SIF will provide [...]
In Utah, women make 70 cents for every dollar a man makes. It’s a fact that can be frustrating and disheartening for women in the workforce. But there are ways to combat the gender wage gap, according to Elizabeth Tashjian, associate professor of finance at the David Eccles School of Business. She has looked at the gender wage gap and why it exists. She [...]
Imagine being a shareholder in a company who couldn’t vote to change how that company is run. It’s not something that would likely occur in the United States, but little to no finance research exists on the situation outside the U.S. So, Dr. Karl Lins, finance professor at the David Eccles School of Business, decided to explore the issue. He co-authored the paper “Shareholder [...]
Looking at Kaitlyn Sanders’ resume, you’d never expect she was a 21-year-old who just in December graduated in finance from the David Eccles School of Business. Listed are analyst positions she held at places such as Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, FJ Management and Wasatch Advisors. Her activities listing nearly runs off the page, serving as president of the Women in Business Club, participating [...]
Robert Jafek, chief executive officer for Gunnar Optiks and a member of the Eccles School of Business Advisory Board, will speak Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Child pavilion space on the 7th floor of the SFEBB. The Business Scholars Club has invited him to share his extensive experience as an analyst and business leader. The event is free and open to all [...]
New research in a study from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah found that CEOs who receive higher incentive pay often lead their companies to decreased financial performance. Specifically, the study discovered that the highest paid CEOs earn significantly lower stock returns for up to three years. Additionally, CEOs with an average compensation of more than $20 million are [...]