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MICHAEL MCDONALD
ASSOCIATE
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
Leadership/Industry Experience
Michael McDonald is a professional financial economist with a PhD in finance and significant experience on Wall Street and in various corporate finance roles. He has held executive roles in several start-up companies, served as a subject matter expert in the finance industry for training firms, and is an assistant professor of finance at Fairfield University in Connecticut. He has taught classes in finance and general business, including a software business simulation course.
Prior to joining TRI, Michael acted as a business consultant for two different companies, provided training and content authoring services as a subject matter expert in finance, accounting, and economics for firms like IBM and EMC. Michael also acted as a business forecasting consultant using data analytics.
Michael’s core knowledge is focused on financial markets and investment decision-making. As a corporate trainer, he specializes in big data, business intelligence, financial forecasting, operational effectiveness, and WACC. He is adept at bringing dry material to life and explaining sophisticated topics in corporate finance and business intelligence in a way that is understandable to finance and non-finance professionals alike.
Michael’s work has appeared in the
Journal of Corporate Finance
,
Journal of Behavioral Finance
,
Journal of Business and Behavioral Studies
,
Journal of Fixed Income
,
Studies in Economics and Finance
, and the
Pacific Basin Journal of Finance
. He has been cited by the
Wall Street Journal
,
Barrons
,
Marketwatch
,
Bloomberg
,
Reuters
and other news organizations.
Past Positions
Business Coach, Marketplace Corporation
Senior Editor, Seeking Alpha
Municipal bond trader, Wachovia Securities
Quantitative analyst, AQR
Partner, MBM Construction LLC
Distinctions
Guest speaker at Securities and Exchange Commission (2018, 2017, 2016)
Guest speaker at New York Stock Exchange internal conference on IPOs (2012)
Guest speaker at New York Federal Reserve (2017)
Academy of Economics and Finance-Best Research Study Award (2014)
American Society for Business & Behavioral Science-Best Research Study Award (2016)
Radio and TV guest appearances (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)
Professional Memberships
Eastern Finance Association, Northern Finance Association, Financial Management Association, American Finance Association, Academy of Economics and Finance, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
Education
PhD, Finance, University of Tennessee
MA, Economics, Clemson University
BS in Industrial Engineering, Clemson University