Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu, Ph.D., CFA  
Professor and Chair
Department of Finance
Stillman School of Business
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ 07079-2692, USA
Phone: (973) 761-9209; Fax: (973) 761-9217
Office: Jubilee Hall 609
          Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30PM and by appointment on Thursday 11:30AM-1:30PM
Personal Homepage: http://pirate.shu.edu/~xuxe; Official Homepage
          xuxe@shu.edu


Dr. Eleanor Xu is a Professor of Finance at the Stillman School of Business of Seton Hall University.  Her teaching interests are in investments and fixed income.  Her research covers mortgage-backed securities, hedge funds, venture capital, emerging markets, risk management, and market microstructure.  She has published over two dozen research articles in journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, Real Estate Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Futures Markets, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Finance Review, and a book titledAdvances in International Investments: Traditional and Alternative Approaches.  In addition, she has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences in Finance, Real Estate, and International Business.  Dr. Xu is a CFA charterholder and a member of FMA, AFA, AREUEA, and ARES.  She is a winner of many academic awards and research grants, including the 2008 and 2006 Seton Hall Researcher of the Year Award, the 2007 Bright Idea Award, and the 2006 Real Estate Research Institute Research Grant.  Prior to joining Seton Hall University, Dr. Xu was an Assistant Professor of Finance with the Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University.  She received her Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University in 1998, MBA from Indiana State University in 1994, and BA in Economics from Sun Yat-Sen University in 1992. 

 

Education

Ph.D., Finance, 1998, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

MBA, 1994, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

BA, Economics, 1992, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University, Guangzhou, P.R. China  

 

Teaching

BFIN7245 Fixed Income Analysis (Spring 2009)   

BFIN4227 Investment Analysis (Fall 2008)

BFIN7219 Security Analysis (Fall 2007)

Access to course materials for Seton Hall students: Blackboard

 

Internet Resources for Investments 

 

Experience

Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, 2008-Present, Chair, Department of Finance

Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, 2007-Present, Professor of Finance

Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, 2002-2007, Associate Professor of Finance

Saint Louis University, John Cook School of Business, 1998-2002, Assistant Professor of Finance

 

Research Interests

Mortgage-backed Securities, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, Security Market Microstructure, Risk Management, International Financial Markets      

 

Journal Publications

            "What Drives the Return on Venture Capital Funds?” Winter 2008, Journal of Private Equity, 12(1), 42-55.

      “The Performances of MBS Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds: A Puzzle,” (with Anthony L. Loviscek) December 2008, Journal of Investment Management.

            “What Drives the Return on CMBS?” September 2007, Journal of Portfolio Management, 145-157.

"On the Financial Performance of Private Enterprises in China," (with Hung-Gay Fung and Qi-Zi Zhang), 2007, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 12(4), 399-414.

         “Venture-backed IPOs and the Exiting of Venture Capital in China,” 2006, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Venture, 11(3), 39-55.

“Time and Dynamic Volume-Volatility Relation,” (with Peter Chen and Chunchi Wu), 2006, Journal of Banking and Finance, 30(5), 1535-1558.

“Consumer Credit Risk Management in an Emerging Market: The Case of China,” (with Jiong Liu), 2006, China and World Economy, 14(3), 86-94.

“Performance of Securities Investment Funds in China,” 2005, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 41(5), 27-42.

"What Moves the Mortgage-backed Securities Market?” (with Hung-Gay Fung), 2005, Real Estate Economics, 33(2), 397-426.

"Cross-Market Linkages between US and Japanese Precious Metals Futures Trading," (with Hung-Gay Fung), 2005, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 15(2), 107-124.

“A Comparative Study of Venture Capital Performance in US and Europe,” 2004, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, 9(3), pp. 61-76.

“Evaluating Venture Capital and Buyout Funds as Alternative Equity Investment Classes,” 2004, Journal of Investing, 13(4), pp.74-82.

“Do Hedge Fund Managers Display Skill?” (with Hung-Gay Fung and Jot Yau), 2004, Journal of Alternative Investments, 6(4), pp. 22-31. Abstracted in The CFA Digest, vol. 34, no. 4 (November 2004), pp. 11-13.

Information Flows between the U.S. and China Commodity Futures Trading,” (with Hung-Gay Fung and Wai K. Leung), 2003, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting , 21(3), pp. 267-285.

"The Predictive Power of Economic Indicators in Consumer Credit Risk Management," (with Jiong Liu), 2003, The RMA Journal, 86(1), pp. 40-45.

"ETF Premium/Discount and Index Futures Basis,” (with Jiong Liu), 2003, Corporate Finance Review, 8(1), pp.21-27.

"Global Hedge Funds: Risk, Return, and Market Timing," (with Hung-Gay Fung and Jot Yau), 2002, Financial Analysts Journal, 58(6), pp.19-30.

"Information Flows across Markets: Evidence from China-backed Stocks Dual-listed in Hong Kong and New York," (with Hung-Gay Fung), 2002, The Financial Review37(4), pp.563-588.

"Information Role of U.S. Futures Trading in a Global Financial Market," (with Hung-Gay Fung and Wai K. Leung), 2001, Journal of Futures Markets, 21(11), pp.1071-1090.

"Short-term Dynamic Transmission and Long-term Foreign Share Discount: Evidence from the Chinese Stock Markets,” (with Jiong Liu), 2001International Journal of Business, 6(2), pp.33-51.    

"Venture Capital Finance in China," 2001, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, 1(1), pp.11-23.

"Market Structure, Volatility and Performance of H Shares," 2001, The Chinese Economy, 34(1), pp.49-73.

"Return Volatility, Trading Imbalance and the Information Content of Volume,” (with Chunchi Wu), 2000, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 14(2), pp.131-153.  Abstracted in The CFA Digest, vol. 30, no. 4 (Fall 2000), pp. 102.

"Information, Liquidity Effects, and Transactional Price Movements," 2000, Corporate Finance Review, 5(3), pp.32-39.

"Evolution of the U.S. Banking System: from Glass-Steagall to Universal Banking,"  (with Janikan Supanvanij and Fred C. Yeager), 2000, Journal of International Banking Regulation, 1(4), pp.7-22.

"The Intraday Relation between Return Volatility, Transactions and Volume,” (with Chunchi Wu), 1999, International Review of Economics and Finance, 8(4), pp.375-397. Abstracted in The CFA Digest, vol. 30, no. 3 (Summer 2000), pp. 83-84.

 

Book

Advances in International Investments: Traditional and Alternative Approaches, (with Hung-Gay Fung and Jot Yau), 2008, World Scientific Publishing.

 

Book Chapters

"A Premier on the Securities Investment Fund Industry in China," 2007, in Kam C. Chan, Hung-Gay Fung and Wilson Liu, eds., China’s Capital Market:  Challenges from WTO Membership, Edward Elgar Publishing Co., pp.231-248.

"Venture Capital Finance in China," 2002, in Allan Young, Ivan Teodorovic and Peter Koveos, eds., Economies in Transition: Conception, Status and Prospects, World Scientific Publishing, pp. 277-300.

"Market Structure, Volatility and Performance of H Shares," 2001, in Hung-Gay Fung and Kevin Zhang, eds., Financial Markets and Foreign Direct Investment in Greater China, M.E. Sharpe, pp.137-162.

 

Recent Awards and Grants   

 


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