Mark Ready

Mark Ready holds the Jeffrey J. Diermeier Distinguished Chair in Finance in the Department of Finance, Investment, and Banking at the Wisconsin School of Business. He is also the department chair of Finance. He came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990, after completing his PhD at Cornell University.

From the outset, he has been able to bring a practical dimension to his courses, having spent seven years in various finance positions at Ford Motor Company before pursuing his Ph.D.

Ready’s research focus is in investments and he is well known and highly regarded in the academic community. His work has been cited in more than 450 separate articles published in finance and accounting journals, and he has served as associate editor for both the Review of Financial Studies and Financial Management. He has published studies examining risk and return of a variety of trading strategies, ranging from technical trading rules for timing market returns, to strategies that select individual stocks based on various fundamental measures.

Ready has taught both corporate and investments courses in the undergraduate, MBA, and executive programs, and he has served as chair of the Finance Ph.D. program.

Ready’s work has drawn the attention and respect of practitioners and regulators.

He served on NASDAQ’s Economic Advisory Board from 1998-2000, and he was the chief economist and director of the Office of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from April 2000 through January 2001.

Ready earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University.

Selected Accepted Journal Articles

Del Guercio, D. & Odders-White, E. & Ready, M. (2017). The Deterrent Effect of SEC Enforcement Intensity on Illegal Insider Trading. Journal of Law and Economics

Selected Published Journal Articles

• Odders-White, E. & Ready, M. (2008). The Probability and Magnitude of Information Events. Journal of Financial Economics (87), 227-248. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.01.003.
• He, C. & Odders-White, E. & Ready, M. (2006). The Impact of Preferencing on Execution Quality. Journal of Financial Markets (9), 246-273. doi: 10.1016/j.finmar.2006.02.003.
• Odders-White, E. & Ready, M. (2006). Credit Ratings and Stock Liquidity. Review of Financial Studies (19), 119-157. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhj004.

Presentations

Q-Group annual meeting ( 2010 ) Determinants of Volume in Dark Pools

American Finance Association Annual Meeting ( 2010 ) Determinants of Volume in Dark Pools

Undergraduate Courses

Investments (FIN 320), Spring 2002.

Investments (FIN 320), Spring 2002.

Investments (FIN 320), Spring 2003.

Investments (FIN 320), Spring 2003.

Graduate Courses

PhD Thesis (FIN 990 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Security Anal&Invstmt Mgt 2 (FIN 836 Section 1), Spring 2009.

ASAP (FIN 835 Section 1), Fall 2008.

Investment Theory & Applicatn (FIN 721 Section 1), Spring 2009.

Investment Theory and Application (FIN 721), Spring 2005.

Investment Theory and Application (FIN 721), Spring 2006.

Investment Theory & Applicatn (FIN 721 Section 1), Spring 2010.

Investment Theory and Applications (FIN 721 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Investment Theory & Applicatn (FIN 721 Section 1), Spring 2008.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Fall 2003.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Spring 2004.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Spring 2005.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Spring 2005.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Spring 2006.

Investment Theory and Practice (FIN 720), Spring 2006.

Introduction to Financial Management (FIN 700), Spring 2001.

Introduction to Financial Management (FIN 700), Spring 2001.

Combined Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Security Anal&Invstmt Mgt 2 (FIN/FIN 536/836 Section 1), Spring 2008.

Investment Theory and Applications (FIN/FIN 835/535 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Security Anal&Invstmt Mgt 2 (FIN/FIN 536/836 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Editorial and Reviewing Activities

Financial Management - Associate Editor - September 2002 - June 2011 Associate Editor