Finance Faculty Media Mentions

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, writes for The Wall Street Journal looking at which cryptocurrency ETFs best match the performance of the underlying coins-bond funds, in an article titled, "The Best Way to Invest in Bitcoin Without Actually Buying Cryptocurrency." 

Lei Gao, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, is cited in a Virginia Business article about CEO compensation, titled, "Virginia CEO compensation continues climbing."

Municipal bonds (munis) typically offer lower yields than taxable bonds, but their tax-exempt status—especially from federal and often state taxes—can result in higher effective returns for investors in higher tax brackets.

The article argues that the rise of stablecoins and a less independent Federal Reserve could disrupt global central bank cooperation, potentially weaponizing U.S. dollar dominance and threatening international monetary stability.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes for The Wall Street Journal about how the maturity timeline of bonds affects investment risk.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer, together with Costello alumni Stephano Sanahuja and Yuge Pang, recently published the piece titled, "Volatility Signals: Do Equities Forecast Bonds?" in Enterprising Investor.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer recently published a piece titled, "The Best Way to Take RMDs From Your Retirement Accounts" in the Wall Street Journal.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes about the possible downsides of the Genius Act, the first-ever piece of stablecoin legislation, for Barron's.

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If the central bank takes its baseline interest rate down to 0% again, regional banks will be competing more directly with the digital token.