Following a contraction in 2008 and 2009, optimism in national angel investing continued in 2011, according to a new report by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
One day, when Colin Kelley '12 was an eighth grader at Hampton Middle School in New Hampshire, his mom gave him a tip about a job opportunity opening up at her place of business, Fisher Scientific, a Hampton-based, healthcare equipment maker.
DURHAM, N.H. – Are you wondering what impact this year’s elections and the global economy will have on your investments? If so, come hear what University of New Hampshire faculty and alumni experts have to say about the impact of recent market and political activities on your personal or business portfolio.
As the class of 2012 enters its last semester of college, many are nervous about entering the ‘real world' in the current economy. In the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, some professors share that nervousness, while some are hopeful for the next group of adults joining the job market.
Renewed optimism that drives resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking and save money also affects market performance, according to Stephen Ciccone, a professor of finance at the University of New Hampshire. And just as this hope too often wanes in the days and weeks following the New Year celebration, so too does market...
Stephen Ciccone and Ahmad Etebari, professors at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, reviewed stock market performance from 1926 to 2006 and found that January produced "the highest returns of any month of the year." Their study determined January posted positive returns 81.48% of...
I tell my students that the two most important things to think about when it comes to finance are: risk and leverage. When those two principles are ignored, the results are devastating, as we have found as a country.
New research from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire...The research is presented in the working paper "Initial Public Offerings and Pre-IPO Shareholders: Angels Versus Venture Capitalists." The research was conducted by Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research and...
Wild Accountants is a publication of the Graduate Accounting Program at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. The editor is Afshad J. Irani, PhD, Director, Master of Science in Accounting.
Issue 2 (May 2009)
