1. Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions Open Access Author: Twerdok, Amy C Title: Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: financial literacyfinancial educationsavinginvesting File: Download Twerdok_Amy_Financial_Literacy.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorDr. Rose Mary Zbiek, Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty ReaderJames Alan Miles, Honors Advisor
2. The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios Open Access Author: Sears, Eric Daniel Title: The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: lazy portfolioasset allocationactive investingpassive investingefficient frontierregression analysisdiversificationSharpe ratio File: Download Eric_Sears_The_Lazy_Portfolio.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michelle Lowry, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
3. Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Open Access Author: Cook, Justin Michael Title: Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: pooled regressionbinomial regressionEd Altman's Z-Scorefinancial distressprediction of bankruptcytime seriesSIC code File: Download Justin_Cook_-_Finance_Thesis_for_the_Schreyer_Honors_College_-_Spring_2013.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
4. Black Swans, Broccoli, and Barbells Open Access Author: Fong, Hortense Title: Black Swans, Broccoli, and Barbells Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Asset allocationFractalBlack swanBarbell Trading Strategy File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors Advisor
5. A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships Open Access Author: Olsho, Benjamin A Title: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Hollywood Stock ExchangeHSXPrediction MarketsVirtual MarketsForecastingRisk vs. ReturnBox OfficeMovies File: Download Olsho_Ben_Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy T Simin, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors Advisor
6. A Discussion of the Secondary Patent Market: How Bulk Patent Purchases and Sales Affect Stock Prices Open Access Author: Ingber, Jacob Lee Title: A Discussion of the Secondary Patent Market: How Bulk Patent Purchases and Sales Affect Stock Prices Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: PatentsEvent StudyEquitiesFinance File: Download Ingber_Jacob_SecondaryPatentMarket.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Muscarella, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors Advisor
7. Retirment Account Withdrawal Rates and Market Valuation Levels Open Access Author: Heaphy, Joseph J Title: Retirment Account Withdrawal Rates and Market Valuation Levels Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Withdrawal RateAsset AllocationPrice to Earnings RatioDividend Yield File: Download Heaphy_Joseph_RetirementWithdrawal.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors AdvisorWilliam Kracaw, Faculty Reader
8. Value Creation and Prominent Shareholder Activists Open Access Author: Mathis, Michael Curtis Title: Value Creation and Prominent Shareholder Activists Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: shareholderactivistactivismicahnvaluecreation File: Download Value_Creation_and_Prominent_Shareholder_Activists.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors Advisor
9. A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students Open Access Author: Zhou, Yunhua Title: A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Financial PlanningPersonal Income TaxBudgetingConsumption Smoothing File: Download Yunhua_Zhou_CollegeStudentFinancialPlanningFinal.pdfDownload Yunhua_Zhou_Collegestudentfinancialplanning_Excel.xlsx Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors AdvisorDr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader
10. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) as a Predictor of S&P 500 Volatility and Returns Open Access Author: Gillooly, Sean Ryan Title: The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) as a Predictor of S&P 500 Volatility and Returns Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: VIXCBOEVolatilityS&P 500 File: Download THESIS_GILLOOLY_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Honors AdvisorDr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader