These professors are reshaping the curriculum, teaching extensively about exchange-traded funds, which, until recently, were rarely covered in the coursework of many major universities. Some of the names on this list have even translated their academic theories into investment results, helping create some of the most intriguing
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1. K. Geert Rouwenhorst
In addition to being a professor, K. Geert Rouwenhorst is the deputy dean for the MBA curriculum at the Yale School of Management. His research spans a wide array of topics, including hedge fund strategies, commodity investments and the history of financial innovation. Professor Rouwenhorst is also the co-founder and director of research of SummerHaven Index Management LLC, a pioneer in the commodity indexes space [see Energy Bull ETFdb Portfolio].
- University: Yale University
- Specialties: International Finance and Asset Pricing
- Academic Work: Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures
2. Robert Shiller
Robert Shiller is a professor of economics at Yale University and one of the creators of the Case-Shiller Index of U.S. house prices. There are now a number of financial instruments based on this index, including The Barclays ETN + Shiller CAPE ETN (CAPE).
- University: Yale University
- Specialties: Behavioral Economics, Real Estate and Financial Markets.
- Academic Work: Arithmetic Repeat Sales Price Estimators
3. Andrew Lo
Andrew Lo is a professor at MIT as well as the director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering. In 2009, Lo co-designed the quantitative model behind the Credit Suisse 130/30 Large-Cap Index, which is tracked by CSM [for Real Time Ratings on (CSM, A-) and more try ETFdb Pro].
- University: MIT
- Specialties: Financial Engineering, Econometrics, Financial Asset Pricing Models.
- Academic Work: 130/30: The New Long-Only
4. Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy Siegel is a professor of finance at the Warton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Investment Strategy Advisor at Wisdom Tree Investments, Inc. Siegel worked closely with Wisdom Tree to develop several dividend-focused exchange-traded funds.
- University: University of Pennsylvania
- Specialties: Financial Markets, Long-run Asset Returns and Macroeconomics.
- Academic Work: www.JeremySiegel.com
5. Gary Gorton
Gary Gorton is a professor of finance at Yale School of Management and is currently a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Gorton also worked with SummerHaven Index Management LLC, a pioneer in the commodity indexes space [also check out the ETF Cheat Sheet: Precious Metals].
- University: Yale University
- Specialties: Stock Markets, Commodity Futures, Banking.
- Academic Work: The Fundamentals of Commodity Futures Returns
6. James A. DiLellio
James DiLellio is a professor of decision sciences at the Graziadio School of Business Management at Pepperdine University. Professor DiLellio is an expert on portfolio management and has done extensive research on exchange-traded funds.
- University: Pepperdine University
- Specialties: Applied Mathematics, Computational Methods and Applied Statistics.
- Academic Work: The Financial Planner, Exchange Traded Funds, and ETF Trading Strategies to Enhance Client Wealth Maximization
7. Darrol J. Stanley
Darrol Stanley is a professor of finance and accounting at Graziadio School of Business Management at Pepperdine University. Alongside his colleague James DiLellio, Professor Stanley has also provided key insight on the ETF industry, highlighting their performance relative to the broader equity markets [check out Differentiating Dividend ETFs].
- University: Pepperdine University
- Specialties: Valuing Corporations.
- Academic Work: The Financial Planner, Exchange Traded Funds, and ETF Trading Strategies to Enhance Client Wealth Maximization
8. A. Seddik Meziani
A. Seddik Meziani is the Department Chair and a professor of finance at the School of Business of Montclair State University. Meziani has written numerous books and publications on exchange-traded funds, including the well-known books “Exchange-Traded Funds as an Investment Option” and “Exchange-Traded Funds-Conceptual and Practical Investment Approaches.”
- University: Montclair State University
- Specialties: ETFs, Portfolio Investment Strategy, Micro Cap Stocks.
- Academic Work: Exchange Traded Funds
9. Pankaj “Pank” Agrrawal
Pankaj Agrrawal is a professor of finance at University of Maine and is the Founder and President of Advanced Portfolio Solutions. Professor Agrrawal’s research primarily focuses on analyzing the performance of long-short ETFs.
- University: University of Maine
- Specialties: ETFs, Portfolio Investment Strategy, Quantitative Analysis.
- Academic Work: Determinants of ETF Liquidity in the Secondary Market: A Five Factor Ranking Algorithm
10. Zvi Bodie
Zvi Bodie ia a professor of management at Boston University and is a consultant at Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He is best know for his textbooks and publications on pension finance and investment strategy [for career and investing tips, check out Dividend.com].
- University: Boston University
- Specialties: Investment Management, Finacial Literacy, Pension Finance and Financial System Design.
- Academic Work: On the Time Dimension of Personal Investing
11. K.J. Martijn Cremers
K.J. Martijn Cremers is a professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame and is the Associate Editor of the Review of Financial Studies and at the Review of Finance. Professor Cremers introduced a new measure of active management the “Active Share,” which has become widely used in the financial industry.
- University: University of Notre Dame
- Specialties: Empirical Asset Pricing, Corporate Governance, Investment Management.
- Academic Work: The Mutual Fund Industry Worldwide: Explict and Clost Indexing, Fees, and Performance
12. Miffre Joelle
Miffre Joell is a professor of finance at the EDHEC Business School in France. Her research focuses on the management and pricing of commodities and equities, and her work has been featured in a number of academic journals.
- University: EDHEC Business School
- Specialties: Commodities and Investment Management.
- Academic Work: Country-Specific ETFs: An Efficient Approach to Global Asset Allocation
13. Marco Avellaneda
Marco Avellaneda is a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. In his research, Professor Avellaneda applies mathematics and econometrics to the financial market, including analysis on ETFs [also see Differentiating Dividend ETFs] .
- University: New York University
- Specialties: Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Mathematical Finance, Econometrics of Financial Markets.
- Academic Work: Structural Slippage of Leveraged ETFs
14. William F. Sharpe
William F. Sharpe is a professor of finance at Stanford’s University’s Graduate School of Business, as well as a Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and developed the Sharpe Ratio. Professor Sharpe frequently blogs on his website, Lifetime Finance, about general investing and finance topics.
- University: Stanford University
- Specialties: Asset Allocation and Quantitative Analysis.
- Academic Work: Index Investing: A Prosaic Way to Beat the Average Investor
15. Robert Korajczyk
Robert Korajczyk is a professor of finance at the Kellog School of Northwestern University and is the Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research. He has been quoted numerous times about exchange-traded funds, and teaches extensively on the topic in his classes.
- University: Northwestern University
- Specialties: Asset Pricing, Equity markets, Investments and Portfolio Choices, Liquidity.
- Academic Work: Performance Measurement with the Arbitrage Pricing Theory: A New Framework for Analysis
16. Hendrik Bessembinder
Hendrik Bessembinder is a professor of finance at the University of Utah and is the Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Professor Bessembinder has also served as a consultant for the Department of Justice, the SEC, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [also see How To Swing Trade ETFs].
- University: University of Utah
- Specialties: Energy Markets, Financial Management, Trading, Financial Risk, International and Domestic Equities.
- Academic Work: Predatory or Sunshine Trading? Evidence from Crude Oil ETF Rolls
17. Allen Carrion
Allen Carrion is an assistant professor of finance at Lehigh University as well as a consultant for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The methodologies behind his research are motivated by both academic theory and his experience as a trading floor analyst.
- University: Lehigh University
- Specialties: Empirical Market Microstructure, Emperical Asset Pricing, Risk Management.
- Academic Work: Predatory or Sunshine Trading? Evidence from Crude Oil ETF Rolls
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