The Studies in Applied Finance series is under the general direction of Prof. Steve H. Hanke (hanke@jhu.edu), Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and Study of Business Enterprise, and Dr. Christopher Culp (christopher.culp@jhu.edu) and Dr. Hesam Motlagh (hnekoor1@jhu.edu), Fellows at the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and Study of Business Enterprise.
Disclaimer: The working papers dealing with the analysis of securities are primarily student reports for academic purposes and are not specific recommendations to buy or sell a stock. Potential investors should consult a qualified investment advisor before making any investment.
2020 Investment Studies: No. 28
2019 Investment Studies: No. 26
2018 Investment Studies: No. 21-25
- SAF/No.25/June 2018: “Investment Thesis for Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU)” by Kenneth-Von Blackmon
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.23/April 2018: “Investment Thesis for Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: A)” by Peter J. Boutros
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.22/March 2018: “Investment Thesis for First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR)” by Andrew Timmons
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.21/March 2018: “Investment Thesis for Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST)” by Arshad Amin Ajani
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2017 Investment Studies: No. 13-20
- SAF/No.20/July 2017: “Investment Thesis for Advanced Metallurgical Group (AEX: AMG)” by Anshul Subramanya
- SAF/No.19/June 2017: “Investment Thesis for PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP)” by Maria Belén Wu
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.18/June 2017: “Investment Thesis for Biogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB)” by Alex Serafini
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.17/June 2017: “Investment Thesis for TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP)” by Arshad Ajani
- SAF/No.16/April 2017: “Investment Thesis for Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI)” by Andrew Ravan
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.15/March 2017: “Investment Thesis for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo (WSE: PGN)” by Steve H. Hanke, Hesam Motlagh, and Anshul Subramanya
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.14/March 2017: “Investment Thesis for Kite Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITE)” by Samantha Semenkow
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.13/February 2017: “Investment Thesis for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG)” by Alex Mabie
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2016 Investment Studies: No. 1-12
- SAF/No.12/November 2016: “Investment Thesis for International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM)” by Shiv Krishnan
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.10/July 2016: “Investment Thesis for Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALDX)” by William Hua
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.9/July 2016: “Investment Thesis for Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: GILD)” by Stephen Johannesson
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.8/July 2016: “Investment Thesis for Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR)” by Ashley Canezin
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.7/July 2016: “Investment Thesis for AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group (EuroNext: AMG)” by Philip Prokos
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.6/July 2016: “Investment Thesis for Pilgrim’s Pride, Corp. (NYSE: PPC)” by Charles Bushnell
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.5/June 2016: “Investment Thesis for Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE: GALT)” by Tu Nguyen
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.4/June 2016: “Investment Thesis for Intel Corporation (NYSE: INTC)” by Vinitha Kumar
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.3/June 2016: “Investment Thesis for Honeywell International, Inc. (NYSE: HON)” by Charles Jie
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.2/June 2016: “Investment Thesis for GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME)” by Gui Hubner
Accompanying Spreadsheets - SAF/No.1/April 2016: “Investment Thesis for Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK)” by James Shin
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Other Financial Economics Studies
- SAF/No. 29/March 2020: “On the Quest for the Holy Grail of Diversification” by Hesam N. Motlagh and Steve H. Hanke
- SAF/No. 27/September 2019: “An Economic Assessment Of Risks In Bitcoin As An Alternative Asset Class” by Andria van der Merwe
- SAF/No.24/April 2018: “A Review of the Academic Literature on the Causes and Evolution of the Credit Crisis” by Christopher L. Culp
- SAF/No.11/September 2016: “Single-name Credit Default Swaps: A Review of the Empirical Academic Literature” by Christopher L. Culp, Andria van der Merwe, and Bettina J. Stärkle