H. Kent Baker - Equity Markets, Valuation, and Analysis

Didier Folusis Professor of Finance at the Management School, Paris Nanterre University, and also teaches at Paris Dauphine University, École des Ponts ParisTech, and in MBA and executive master programs. His primary research interests are in the areas of long-term investment exposure to risks and insurance securitization in a risk management perspective. He has published in Applied Economic Letters , Bankers, Markets & Investors , and Applied Economics , among others, He has also written several book chapters. Professor Folus consults for institutional investors, insurance companies, and banks in the field of innovative financial products. He holds a master's degree in finance from Paris Dauphine University, an MS in actuarial science from ENSAE (Paris), and a PhD in finance from Paris Dauphine University.

Xudong Fuis an Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Business, University of Louisville. His research focuses on various topics in corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings, corporate governance, debt contracts, insider trading, and corporate social responsibility. Professor Fu has published in such journals as Financial Management , Journal of Banking and Finance , Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Empirical Finance . He received a PhD from the University of Alabama.

Gaurav Gupta,CFA, FRM, is an analytics consultant at SRNL International in New Jersey. Before joining SRNL International, he worked as an analyst at OpenLink Financial LLC. He also has experience in managing a secondary steel manufacturing plant in India, where he managed the production as well as purchase teams of the business. He obtained a BS in engineering from Panjab University and an MBA with a double major in finance and business analytics with distinction from Hofstra University.

Hunter M. Holzhaueris the Robert L. Maclellan and UC Foundation Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Professor Holzhauer is an award-winning professor in research, teaching, and service. He has taught various graduate and undergraduate classes, including corporate finance, intermediate finance, investments, financial analysis, behavioral finance, portfolio management, and derivatives. His financial industry experience includes positions as a credit analyst with Colonial Bank and a financial planner and fixed-income portfolio manager with AmSouth Bank. Since 2013, Professor Holzhauer has published 16 research papers and seven chapters on such topics as behavioral finance, alternative investments, socially responsible investing, financial risk tolerance, and hedge funds. His research has been published in the Journal of Investing , Journal of Applied Finance , Journal of Risk Finance , and Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance . Professor Holzhauer received a BS in business administration and biopsychology from Birmingham-Southern College, an MBA from Mississippi State University, and a PhD from the University of Alabama.

Tianqi Jiangis a PhD candidate in finance at the University of Rhode Island. Her research interests include the social network of sell-side analysts, corporate disclosure, venture capital, and corporate governance. She has presented papers at various conferences, including those of the American Accounting Association and European Financial Management Association. Ms. Jiang obtained a BS in finance from Donghua University, an MS in finance from Hofstra University, and an MS in economics from Florida Atlantic University.

Sofia Johanis an Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Business, Florida Atlantic University. She is an Extramural Research Fellow at Tilburg University in The Netherlands. Professor Johan's research covers topics ranging from crowdfunding, securities regulation, stock exchange trading rules, mutual funds, hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, and sovereign wealth funds. She has published 51 articles in leading refereed academic journals in finance, management, and law and economics, such as the American Law and Economics Review , Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of International Business Studies . She is the co-author of Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting (Elsevier Academic Press, 2nd edition, 2013), Hedge Fund Structure, Regulation and Performance around the World (Oxford University Press, 2013), and Crowdfunding: Fundamental Cases, Facts, and Insights (Elsevier Academic Press, 2019). Professor Johan is a regular speaker at academic and industry conferences around the world. She earned a law degree from the University of Liverpool and an LL.M. in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick. She also holds a PhD in law and economics from Tilburg University.

Timothy A. Krauseis an Assistant Professor of Finance and the Director of the Intrieri Family Student Managed Fund at the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend. Before starting his academic career, he spent 20 years in the financial services industry as an investments professional and held management positions at Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Vector Capital Markets, and Zecco Trading, now part of Ally Financial. He previously taught undergraduate and MBA finance courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Pepperdine University, and St. Edward's University. His research and teaching interests include investments, derivatives, risk management, financial institutions, market microstructure, and general financial markets. He has published in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting , Journal of Derivatives, Applied Financial Economics , International Review of Economics and Finance , Journal of Asset Management, and International Review of Economics and Finance . Professor Krause received a BA in government/economics and an MBA from Georgetown University, and a PhD in finance from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Sang Hoon Leeis a Professor of Finance and Dean of BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Professor Lee has considerable academic and private consulting experience. He held teaching positions in the United States and Kazakhstan and quasi-government and private sector executive positions in Korea. His research interests mainly focus on capital market development in emerging markets, and the topics of his publications include financial literacy, asset valuation, small business financing, and financial crises from emerging market perspectives. He has a PhD in financial economics from the University of New Orleans.

Yini Liuis a PhD student in finance at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Ms. Liu's primary research interests are in empirical corporate finance with a focus on private investments in public equity, reverse mergers, IPOs, and financial intermediation. She also has research interests in law and finance and labor economics. Ms. Liu has taught as an independent instructor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She received the UTSA Keith Fairchild Teaching Excellence Award in 2019. Ms. Liu received a BA in economics and an MA in finance from Fudan University.

David Lundgren,CFA, CMT, is an Adjunct Professor at the Brandeis International Business School, Brandeis University. He teaches a class on the practical applications of technical analysis, which emphasizes the strong link between price trends and the fundamentals that drive them. Mr. Lundgren is also Director of Technical Research at Wellington Management in Boston, Massachusetts, where he manages client portfolios exclusively using technical analysis strategies. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chartered Market Technicians Association and is the chair of its Advocacy Committee. Mr. Lundgren received a bachelor's degree in finance and investments from Babson College.