Financial Markets
Ideas and insights about financial markets from MIT Sloan.
How crypto investors behave — and why the industry needs regulation
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Two new MIT Sloan research papers explore how retail traders deal in crypto and why Terra Luna crashed in 2022.
Couples miss out when they fail to coordinate retirement benefits
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Better communication between spouses could translate to saving an average of almost $700 more every year, new MIT Sloan research shows.
A Nobel economist’s take on bank behavior, bailouts, and policy
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Robert C. Merton shares his views on Silicon Valley Bank, interest-rate risk, and the need for an accurate assessment of financial policy.
Is this new forecasting model better than machine learning?
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Relevance-based prediction can be used in finance, politics, and sports for more accurate forecasting.
SEC chair Gary Gensler’s 2020 paper details 5 concerns about AI and finance
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Highlights from Gary Gensler and Lily Bailey’s “Deep Learning and Financial Stability” outline five ways AI could lead to future financial crises.
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce is not a fan of interventionism
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The Security and Exchange Commission’s Peirce shares views on climate-related disclosures, payment for order flow, and cost-benefit analysis for rulemaking.
An MIT Sloan economist runs the numbers on ESG
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Financial economist Andrew W. Lo became an ESG believer after developing a mathematical formula that quantifies the financial return on impact investing.
The dark side of stock market circuit breakers
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Circuit breakers are meant to calm the markets. But new research shows that they can backfire and create more volatility if not properly designed.
Study finds mutual fund disclosures are unnecessarily complex
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Retail investors often make poor choices when selecting mutual funds. Are complex disclosures to blame?
Retail investors lose big in options markets, research shows
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Retail investors are playing an outsized role in options markets. New research sheds light on how their behavior affects prices — and how much investors stand to lose.