Dr. Robert AtraChair, Professor of FinanceExpertise:Stock valuation models, investment strategies and international finance
Credentials:1984 B.A., The College of the Ozarks1986 M.S., Northern Illinois University1990 Graduate of C.F.P. Program, College for1997 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago2002 CFA, CFA Institute
Associations:Financial Management Association‘s Practitioner Demand Driven Research Initiative (PDDARI), supported by the CFA Society of Chicago.
Publications:“Can Taxes Save Dollar Cost Averaging” – Journal of Financial Planning, June 2012.
“Case Study on Information Security” – Grand Prairie Bancshares (with Dr. Abdullah).
“Can Taxes Save Dollar-Cost Averaging?” by Robert J. Atra, Ph.D., CFA, and Thomas L. Mann, Ph.D., CFP® in the June 2011 edition of the Journal of Financial Planning.
“Linking Discounted Cash Flow Valuation with Stable Paretian Portfolio Construction.” co-authored with with Rawley Thomas and Dandan Yang of LifeCycle Returns. The research paper was submitted to the Financial Management Association for their annual conference in October 2010.
“Fundamentals of Automated Discounted Cash Flow Valuation” with Rawley Thomas at Financial Management Association Conference, Dallas, TX.
Quoted in article in Bankrate.com, concerning the concept of “dollar cost averaging”, a process where small periodic investments are made and how effective it can be.
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