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From McCombs TODAY
The rigor of a Ph.D. program at a top business school demands tenacity and a well-developed sense of preparedness, in addition to strong academic skills. Doctoral students may pick up these attributes in industry or academia, but for second-year McCombs School of Business finance student Nick Crain, they came by way of a [...]

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Economics has often been called “the dismal science,” and with the economy staggering that may seem to be the case.
However, for Lorenzo Garlappi and Stathis Tompaidis, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business who are at the forefront of financial modeling, it is an exciting time to be studying markets.
“Economic [...]

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From McCombs TODAY

Theories on how to play the stock market abound. Buy low, buy companies whose leadership you admire, invest in organizations that reflect your personal values. And don’t count out the ever-popular strategy of throwing darts at the newspaper’s financial pages.
Every investor hopes he or she has figured out how to beat the system [...]

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