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...other hand, says Peter Morici, a professor of international business at the University of Maryland, finance concentrators - that is, the students who are specially trained to grasp the models - are so steeped in the particulars that they don't always see the forest for the trees. They get the math, but they don't pay attention to systemic issues within the broader economy; it's a by-product of degree programs that encourage students to take a narrow focus too early on in their studies. "In medicine you become a doctor first, and then you become a specialist," Morici says...
...dump a big block of its holdings, and flooding the market like that has the effect of driving down security prices - thereby driving down the value of the fund you want to keep at $1 per share. "The investors are almost as important as the investments here," says Peter Crane, money fund expert and CEO of Crane Data. "A full-blown run would be perilous." That's why the Treasury stepped in with its guarantee program - to help prop up the price of any money market that needs it, and prevent investor confidence from being undermined...
...China Studies Professor William C. Kirby, who will co-teach Historical Study A-13: “China: Traditions and Transformations” this semester with colleague Peter K. Bol, was reluctant to ascribe attendance at his class—students filled the aisles at the first meeting—to this summer’s international sporting spectacle. But Kirby did not shy away from the subject while teaching—opening the class with 20 minutes of clips from the Olympics’ opening ceremonies...
...faculty member Light taught a decision theory class taken by first-year student Schwarzman. After graduating from the Business School, Schwarzman worked at Lehman Brothers, where he rose to chair Lehman’s mergers and acquisitions committee before leaving to start Blackstone with former Lehman chief executive Peter G. Peterson in 1985 with a $400,000 balance sheet. As of June 30 of this year, Blackstone had a total of $119.4 billion of assets under management. Light will accompany Richard Jenrette, the founder of investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister of Canada; and William...
...think it makes the conversation better and creates a more lively environment,” said Peter Becker, a History and Literature tutor. “[The students] see what their peers are doing, and there’s a certain incentive to push themselves...