Dr. Susana Yu is a Professor of Finance at Montclair State University. Prior to joining MSU, Dr. Yu taught courses in financial management and investment analysis/portfolio management at both the graduate and undergraduate levels for Iona College.

At MSU, Dr. Yu has taught fundamentals of finance (FINC 321), capital budgeting management (FINC 322), corporate financial management (FINC 501), future/options/other derivatives (FINC 430), investment analysis (FINC 326), real estate investment (FINC 429), and working capital management (FINC 425).

Dr. Yu has written more than 20 refereed publications in blind-reviewed journals such as Global Finance Journal, Journal of Applied Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Investing, Journal of Investment Management and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Her research interests focus on market efficiency, trading strategies, market micro-structure, risk management, and analysts' forecasts.

Dr. Yu is an active member of the Financial Management Association (FMA), Eastern Finance Association (EFA), Southern Finance Association (SFA) and Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA). In particular, she has served extensively on conference program committees for these associations. She is the former track chair in special topics for the 2009 SFA Meeting, the 2010 EFA Meeting, and the former vice president of the 2010 Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA) Meeting. She is currently the Vice President in Special Events at the SWFA, and the track chair in investment for the 2011 EFA Meeting.

Dr. Yu is an active member in the university community as well. Not only is Dr. Yu the co-ordinator for the CFA Review Course at MSU, she is also the advisory board member of Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), the former corresponding secretary of the President's Commission on Affirmative Action and Diversity (PCAAD), former faculty adviser to the Financial Management and Economics Society (FMES) and the faculty adviser to the Chinese Student Association (CSA).

Dr. Yu received an MBA (1993) and PhD (2002) from Baruch College/CUNY and a BA in Accounting (1991) from Queens College/CUNY.

market efficiency, trading strategies, market micro-structure, risk management, and analysts' forecasts

Market Efficiency
Trading Strategies
Analysts’ Forecast
Domestic Investment
Corporate Finance

 Fundamentals of finance (FINC 321), capital budgeting management (FINC 322), corporate financial management (FINC 501), future/options/other derivatives (FINC 430), investment analysis (FINC 326), real estate investment (FINC 429), and working capital management (FINC 425)