Biographical Sketch

Charles Trzcinka, Ph.D, holds the James and Virginia Cozad Chair of Finance at Indiana University's Kelly School of Business. Dr. Trzcinka is regarded as an expert on financial markets and investments. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles, he is frequently quoted on matters pertaining to individual investors. His monographs and articles dealing with mutual funds and institutional money management have received widespread attention in the national press (New York Times, MONEY Magazine, USA Today, Business Week, Forbes) and in 1998 he testified in Congress on mutual fund competition. He is the author of the 2003 Forbes Stock Market Course, a well known guide for individual investors.

Dr. Trzcinka received a Ph.D. in financial economics from Purdue University in 1980. His academic and professional assignments, among other things, have included: professorships at SUNY Buffalo for nearly twenty years and New York University; Director of the U.S. Commerce Department's MBA program in the People's Republic of China; and, Senior Economist with the Office of Economic Analysis of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. He has been a consultant to a variety of investment organizations, including the Virginia Retirement System, Richards & Tierney, Zephr Associates and the New York State Attorney General's Office. He also has published extensively in well respected financial academic journals such as the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics. Dr. Trzcinka is a member of the American Economics Association, American Finance Association and the Institute for Chartered Financial Analysts.

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