Finance

From left to right, Alexandra Thurber, Mark Popovich, David Cusimano, Max Joseph, Daniel Crowley, Anthony Elia, Dennis Grosche, Peter Ricchiuti, Ioana Martian and Jacque Noel.The always enthusiastic Peter Ricchiuti, clinical professor…

From Barron's, Aug. 15, 2010: You don't have to drill too deep to find intriguing plays on the Gulf's oil spill—just go to school. Tulane University professor Peter Ricchiuti and the students in his stock-research program…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 11, 2010Contact: Ben Haimowitz212-233-6170HHaimowitz@aol.comNEW ORLEANS - The likely effect of the Gulf oil…

At last year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, 33 of the 34 companies that presented posted negative returns for the preceding 12 months. This year, 28 of 33 companies posted positive returns, including top performer Stone…

For more than a decade, the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification has been the globally recognized benchmark for expertise in risk management. Now, thanks to a unique partnership between Freeman and the Global Association of Risk…

Howard Marks, chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and a highly regarded observer of economic trends and investment opportunities, will deliver this year's R. W. Freeman Distinguished Lecture. The lecture will take place at 5:15 p.m…

In a new paper to be published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, Robert S.…

Associated Press business writer Alan Sayre sat in on the final class of the semester for the Darwin S. Fenner Student Managed Fund and wrote this article about the course, in which students manage a $1 million endowment fund with the…

Assistant Dean Peter Ricchiuti was interviewed by ABC News for a  Good Morning America segment on May 7 that examined the Gulf Coast's surprisingly strong economy. Ricchiuti is research director of Burkenroad Reports, which follows 38…

A team of students from Rice University took first place and the grand prize of $5,000 at this year's Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. The competition took place at the Freeman School on April 17. A team…

Peter Ricchiuti led a group of 27 Freeman School students to Omaha on Oct. 17 to meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett.Billionaire investor Warren Buffett shared his thoughts on the future of Wall Street, the upcoming…

With oil prices hovering around $120 a barrel, it doesn't take much imagination to guess what the hot ticket was at this year's Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference. "Energy stocks were white hot," says Peter Ricchiuti, assistant…

In January, 10 Freeman MBA students traveled to Bogota, Colombia, to spend a week studying global business with classmates from Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. The students are among the first participants in the Global MBA, a new…

In its latest survey of global MBA programs, the Financial Times has named Tulane's Freeman School of Business one of the 10 best schools in the world in finance. The 10th place ranking, which appeared in the Financial Times on Jan. 28…