With professional experience on Wall Street and academic papers attributed to his name, Professor Seasholes is no newcomer to the financial markets.  His primary area of focus is in overseas stock markets.  He is currently researching trading behavior and stock prices in the overseas markets.  In addition, he has done an empirical study of sovereign bond prices in emerging markets.

He has co-authored a paper that will be published in a forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics.  Professor Seasholes has also co-authored several HBS Cases.

Professor Seasholes looks for good research topics by first looking at things people do not know, but want to know.  He also suggest taking a simple idea everyone assumes is true and asking the question of whether it is true.  There is great importance in these questions.  Not only do academics want to know the answers, but the answers to these questions will also help investors know what is going on with a stock.

Always eager to help students further their understanding of finance, he has suggested several sources of data to help in the research on financial markets. Excellent data for finance related research include stock market data, stock returns and financial statements.  The sources for this data include CRSP, DataStream and Compustat.  These sources are all available at the Thomas J. Long Business and Economics Library and easily accessible by students.

Papers he has authored or co-authored include:
McBrady, Matt and Mark Seasholes, “Bailing-In,” working paper, December 22, 2000
Seasholes, Mark, “Smart Foreign Traders in Emerging Markets,” working paper, January 31, 2000
Froot, Kenneth A., Paul G. J. O'Connell, and Mark S. Seasholes, "The Portfolio Flows of International Investors," forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics, 2000

Professor Seasholes is an assistant professor of finance at the Haas School of Business.  He is currently teaching Business Administration 130, Financial Management.  He is also currently teaching a graduate course, Business Administration 230.  He is very approachable and communicative.  From personal experience, Professor Mark Seasholes has the ability to explain difficult topics clearly and always willing to lend a hand.