Financial Markets

With technology and policy developments roiling finance, it’s a good time to revisit the fundamentals. Here are 10 core concepts from MIT Sloan Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton and co-authors.

How do generative AI model releases impact consumption expectations? New MIT Sloan research shows large, unexpected reactions in the bond market.

Systemic investing offers a route to sustainably realizing financial and eco-social value. The key is understanding and embracing the complexity of systems.

Having access to a wider variety of institutional investors allows companies to better maintain access to capital, research shows.

When investors cling to existing beliefs, they underestimate good financial advice and miss out on opportunities, new research finds.

Susan M. Collins discusses managing inflation and AI in finance.

When banks tighten lending standards following a shock, they can set off a chain reaction that can worsen and prolong a credit crunch.

New research provides insight on when and why investors rely on indexes or categories to make decisions rather than investigating each individual stock.

Generative AI has the potential to provide smart, tailored financial guidance, early research from MIT Sloan economist Andrew Lo suggests.

Large corporations like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet hold complex financial portfolios. Many investors are not aware that these holdings expose them to additional risk.