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A new study co-authored by Yakov Bart, an associate professor of marketing at Northeastern, finds that first-time investors are failing to diversify their assets, and thus putting themselves at greater financial risk. These investors may be better off, he says, picking stocks at random instead.

Hanson Truong, DMSB'22, is taking over our Instagram account this week. Follow along for an inside look at his experience in the N.U.in program in Greece!

Julia McCarthy, DMSB'20, who co-founded Disrupt – The FinTech Initiative, is hoping that the student group will serve as a collaborative space for students to investigate and pursue startup ideas in the emerging field of financial technology.

With major challenges like fintech implementation and integration, globalization, new regulations and other industry innovations, financial services employers are saying they need skilled people with computer science, engineering, mathematics, statistics and econometrics training now more than ever.

A tech-savvy intrapraneur, Robert Hass is used to driving innovation from inside companies. Guided by a D'Amore-McKim MBA and a keen sense of social consciousness, he aims to help corporations do well while doing right by society.

For Raj Narayan, the World Bank looks like the ideal employer. To land a job there someday, this undergraduate is studying both business and computer science. He's also completed three co-ops and leads Northeastern's Big Data Club.

Here's what two Northeastern students found.

“My biggest takeaway is how much I learned from these five courses that I can apply to work situations. I'm able to take this knowledge and use it to better my current workspace by recommending new policies and procedures to aid in both functionality and workplace morale.” – Zachary Sletterink, Graduate Certificate in Accounting and Financial Decision Making'18, MBA'20

Banco Bradesco of Brazil was looking for innovative ways to attract Millennials. Matheus Dos Santos, DMSB'19, was looking for internship experience in the finance industry. Now, Dos Santos interns for Bradesco, having pitched and accepted a position on their team.

“D'Amore-McKim School of Business helped me to connect my practical experience with business theory to build on my existing skills and accelerate my career.” says, Langner