Finance Faculty Media Mentions

The David Ellison-run company is promising Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders a deal it says is more lucrative and easier for the Trump administration to approve.

Stock-and-bond portfolios suffer when inflation spikes, but a commodities stake would cut risk and boost returns, research finds.

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, writes for The Wall Street Journal exploring whether and how to do a Roth conversion, in an article titled, "The Best Way to Do a Roth IRA Conversion Before Retirement."

TIPS perform best if you get in when inflation is low, research finds.

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, writes for The Wall Street Journal looking at which cryptocurrency ETFs best match the performance of the underlying coins-bond funds, in an article titled, "The Best Way to Invest in Bitcoin Without Actually Buying Cryptocurrency." 

Lei Gao, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, is cited in a Virginia Business article about CEO compensation, titled, "Virginia CEO compensation continues climbing."

Municipal bonds (munis) typically offer lower yields than taxable bonds, but their tax-exempt status—especially from federal and often state taxes—can result in higher effective returns for investors in higher tax brackets.

The article argues that the rise of stablecoins and a less independent Federal Reserve could disrupt global central bank cooperation, potentially weaponizing U.S. dollar dominance and threatening international monetary stability.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes for The Wall Street Journal about how the maturity timeline of bonds affects investment risk.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer, together with Costello alumni Stephano Sanahuja and Yuge Pang, recently published the piece titled, "Volatility Signals: Do Equities Forecast Bonds?" in Enterprising Investor.