And CRSP feeds data to more than 2,000 educational, corporate, and government subscribers. Since 1988, the firm has made an investment in new financial research done at the GSB by providing funds for 12 doctoral stipends. Two of the stipend recipients are current Ph.D. candidates. Among the remaining, seven are now assistant professors of either management or finance at universities across the country and three have taken positions in the private sector. In addition, grants from DFA have funded faculty research in financial markets.
Some people reach the pinnacle of success without ever looking back along the way.
That is not the case with alumni Booth and Sinquefield. I say, Very simple. I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, which was the University of Chicago in the early 1970s. Every time one of my professors talked about efficient markets. I thought I was looking at Moses coming down from the mountain, and I took it that seriously.