Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Why financial markets behave like living organisms

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MIT Sloan professor explains why you shouldn’t look at markets from a purely mechanistic perspective.

Apr 26, 2017
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Professor Stephen Ross, inventor of arbitrage pricing theory, dies at 73

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Ross, who joined MIT Sloan in 1997, relished the practical use of finance theory.

Mar 6, 2017
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How OneUnited Bank took the lead on #BankBlack

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“You don’t have to be black to buy black,” bank president says.

Mar 1, 2017
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Funding fusion could be the key to clean energy

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A $10 billion fusion fund might make carbon-free energy a reality, says Professor Andrew W. Lo

Jan 26, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Cryptocurrency

Santander executive outlines the case for blockchain disruption

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Bitcoin technology may hold key to better banking.

Dec 15, 2016
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How three MIT companies are rewriting lending rules

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Destácame, LendBuzz, and Alfie disrupt traditional borrowing models.

Dec 9, 2016
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Former Vanguard chief says market regulation key to trust

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The mix of public and private regulatory infrastructure—including Dodd-Frank—gives U.S. markets a unique advantage, says John Brennan.

Dec 6, 2016
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Five lessons from top digital platform CFOs 

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Blue Apron and Redfin’s chief financial officers balance creativity with a strong bottom line.

Nov 21, 2016
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Rethinking how the housing crisis happened

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New research casts into doubt the central storyline of 2008 — that this was ever a subprime crisis to begin with.

Nov 9, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Financing around a health care bottleneck

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A new MIT Sloan course will apply alternative funding techniques to new drug development.

Oct 13, 2016
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