Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Patrick McManus and Alex Oliver, wrote an article for the CFA Institute, highlighting their research that despite retail investors having greater access to diversification tools (i.e. emerging market and frontier market ETFs), diversification in a global sense has actually gotten more difficult (or less beneficial) over the past 40 years.

Sean Spence, an adjunct finance professor, was interviewed by WalletHub on the ins and outs of 0% APR credit cards.

Rebecca Howick, interim director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed by Connection in an article titled, What Goes into Being an Entrepreneur? Howick shared information about The Depot, the Center's pop-up retail farm stand that introduces students to the ins and outs of business. 

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, was interviewed by ETF.com on a recent FINRA proposal. Horstmeyer noted that "regulators are having to play catch-up with rapid growth of options exposure among the retail investor class, whether those options are embedded in ETFs or contracts traded on Robinhood and similar apps."

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Cameron Hair and Georgi Minov, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on how they were able to show that it is central bank synchronization (when all banks are going up in their interest rates, or when all banks are going down in their rates) that yields the most extreme results for our markets.

Emily Murphy, former administrator of the General Services Administration and current senior fellow at the George Mason University Business School’s Center for Government Contracting, who serves as a partner of CEO Coaching International, has published her first article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program.

GovCon Expert Emily Murphy, who is also a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, provided a breakdown of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, including a brief rundown of its 40-year history as well as debunking a handful of the most common myths regarding the program.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of GMU’s Center for Government Contracting and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for his vision and leadership in the expansion of the George Mason University (GMU) School of Business’ Center for Government Contracting as well as driving advocacy for the government contracting (GovCon) sector and DoD’s defense acquisition system changes.

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Our Honey Bee Initiative’s beehives are being used to determine if honey bees can be used to potentially solve crimes.

What’s the buzz? Our Honey Bee Initiative was recently profiled in EDMD Global!