Applied Investment Analysis. Spring 2015

Posted by on Jul 5, 2015 in Teaching | Comments Off on Applied Investment Analysis. Spring 2015 Instructor: Professor Ludwig Chincarini, CFA, Ph.D. Phone: (see syllabus) Email: lbchincarini@usfca.edu [preferred email – subject line: Applied Investment Analysis] Website: www.ludwigbc.com Office Hours: Monday 4:00 – 5:00 PM and 9:30 – 10:30 PM or by request. Class Hours & Location: Monday, 5:00 P.M., 452 Howard.   Course Description: This course will be divided into three...
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BitCoin: Everything you need to know about Virtual Currency. Guest: Mr. Olaf Carlson-Wee

Posted by on Apr 11, 2015 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on BitCoin: Everything you need to know about Virtual Currency. Guest: Mr. Olaf Carlson-Wee March 24, 2015. Mr. Olaf Carlson-Wee, Head of Risk and First Employee of Coinbase.  Mr. Carlson-Wee discusses the Bitcoin and an entire host of issues related to virtual currencies in the modern world.  Q&A Begins at: 01’00’09”.  
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The 2014 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Joe Farrell, Connie Chang, Jai Yu, Stephen Zunes, and Genaro Padilla. Host: Ludwig Chincarini

Posted by on Nov 9, 2014 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The 2014 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Joe Farrell, Connie Chang, Jai Yu, Stephen Zunes, and Genaro Padilla. Host: Ludwig Chincarini October 22, 2014. University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UCSF professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2014 Nobel prize recipients. Joe Farrell, Connie Chang, Jai Yu, Stephen Zunes, and Genaro Padilla. Host: Ludwig Chincarini.  
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. Market Behavior and Remedies

Posted by on Oct 13, 2014 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. Market Behavior and Remedies Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel prize for economic sciences for 2014 was announced today, October 13, 2014. It went to Jean Tirole. Tirole is 61 years old, born in France and Scientific Director at the Institut d’Economie Industrielle in Toulouse, France.   Much of his key work was done while a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He obtained his engineering degree from...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 7, 2014 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: The 2014 Nobel prize for economic sciences will be announced on Monday, October 13, 2014. Last Year’s Winner Last year, the prize was given to Eugene Fama, Lars Hansen, and Robert Shiller for their empirical analysis of asset prices. Who will win in 2014? The pool of obvious candidates has considerably thinned and thus it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to pick the winners in...
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