Andre B. de Souza

Assistant Professor

PhD, Finance, New York University Stern School of BusinessMBA, Finance, Goa University Department of Management StudiesBA, History, St Xavier's College

Andre de Souza is an assistant professor of finance at St John's University. He graduated from NYU Stern with a PhD in finance, and previously held academic positions at Fordham University and NYU. His research has been published in several journals, including the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Banking and Finance.

Teaching Interests

Investments, corporate finance

Research Interests

Empirical asset pricing, mutual funds

Courses Taught

FIN

664

FIN STATS & ACT INVESTMENTS

FIN

665

PORTFOLIO MGT & ANALYTICS

FIN

684

QUANTITATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT

FIN

3311

CORPORATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

FIN

3312

INVESTMENTS

FIN

4327

MANAGING INVESTMENT FUNDS I

Select Publications

Journal Articles

Akhigbe, A., Martin, A. D., Newman, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2022). Russell Index reconstitutions and short interest. Quarterly review of economics and finance. vol. 84, pp. 577-588.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2021). Enhanced index funds: enhanced?. European Financial Management. vol. 22, pp. 327-344.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2019). Passive mutual funds and ETFs: performance and comparison. Journal of Banking and Finance. vol. 106,

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2019). Are passive funds really superior investments: an investor perspective. Financial Analysts Journal. vol. 75,

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2018). Fund of funds' selection of mutual funds. Critical Finance Review (NOW Publishers).

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2016). Target risk funds. European Financial Management.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2015). Target date funds: characteristics and performance. Review of Asset Pricing Studies .