Like many large-scale hardships thrust upon society, Covid-19 has resulted in turbulent stock markets for the better part of 2020. Despite stimulus relief p...

Many critics of higher education in America denounce the increasing cost to students who are often forced to take out loans at high interest rates only to sp...

One of my research groups wrote a paper titled, "Are CFP® Professionals Less Likely to Engage in Misconduct? Exploring the Importance of Job Classification ...

This is the final piece of a four-part blog mini-series where I discuss the current and future status of financial services (and financial planning) as a pro...

This post is the third part of my four-part blog on the status of financial services when it comes to qualifying as a profession. Originally, this was going ...

In Part I of this mini-series of blog posts, I argued that financial services, broadly construed, fails to meet the definition of professionhood as evinced i...

Several years ago in my MBA program, I came across an article citing a study that found Americans trust Uber drivers more than financial advisors. This was ...

After a few weeks' delay due to a cyber attack on the journal's website (yes, really), my first peer-reviewed publication, co-authored with Eddie Kramer, jus...

You have put-in close to 100 hours on your current project--a paper for a blog, a conference, Even though you've done all this before, many times, you still...

I am pleased to announce that our paper, "The Forced Registration of Hedge Funds in the United States" will be published in the October, 2019 issue of Econom...

Just received this notification that I made SSRN’s top 10% of authors based on new downloads over the past 12 months. Pretty neat! SSRN is the Social Scienc...

It has long been predicted that student loans would become a problem for the nation. In 2010, for the first time in United States history, student borrowing...

The question arises within both social and academic circles. The definitive answer, taking all possible factors into account, is arguably incalculable. Ass...

This is a piece I have been working on for a couple of years. It's titled, "Financial Services is Not a Profession." While I anticipate some resistance to ...

One week ago, I was informed that my application to join the ranks of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) roster of arbitrators was approve...

Yesterday, I received notification that my paper, "Financial Elder Abuse: A (Dis)Confirmatory Analysis" made the Social Science Research Network's top 10 dow...

Today, I received notice that my paper titled, "Financial Elder Abuse: A (Dis)Confirmatory Analysis" has been accepted for presentation at the 2019 Academy o...

Recently, I came across an advertisement on Facebook where a financial advisor (a Certified Financial Planner or CFP no less!) argues against putting money i...

It has been known for many years--probably since 1986 when Congress passed legislation outlawing mandatory retirement--that academic jobs would continue to b...