Stock market analysts move markets, and not just because investors believe in the validity of their research and legitimacy of their opinions. In an important new study, Assistant Professors Jennifer L.

Accounting practices can influence behavior that aids or thwarts organizational efforts to get the job done, according to research conducted by Casey Rowe, an assistant professor of accounting at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Named one of "America's 50 Most Powerful Women" by Fortune magazine, Cristina Morgan has represented her firm on more than 100 IPOs for such familiar names as Adobe, Google, Pixar and Netscape. Recently she was inducted into the W. P. Carey School's Alumni Hall of Fame.

Accrual accounting, which allows firms to adjust cash flow from operations, is intended to provide flexibility so that financial statements can be made more informative. Nevertheless, managers may instead use the flexibility to mislead stakeholders about the underlying strength of the company.

A recent study tracked investor reaction to more than 50,000 reports issued by 2,794 analysts between 1993 and 1999. While the data show that both large and small investors react to analyst counsel, the larger — and presumably more sophisticated — traders tend to make more money doing so.

In his classic book on economic history, Charles Kindleberger argued that asset bubbles follow a predictable pattern. A new opportunity or technology sparks investor euphoria. Asset prices quickly rise to an unsustainable level. Then suddenly, people stop buying, and panic ensues.

In September 2008, the financial storms that had battered global markets since spring began to threaten the legendary investment bank Goldman Sachs. The 139-year-old financial titan had seen its stock plummet nearly 50 percent in a matter of weeks.

Bernie Madoff. AIG. Allen Stanford. When Marianne Jennings talks to her undergraduate students about business ethics these days, those are the subjects they want to talk about.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently came out with new rules governing "mark-to-market accounting." Entities employing mark-to-market adjust the value of financial assets up or down, according to fair market value.

Hope Berman Levin, the regional president for U.S. Bank in Arizona, recently touched on some of the rapid-fire changes that are happening in banking, during a talk at the W. P. Carey School's 26th Annual  Dean's Council of 100 Executive of the Year Luncheon.