About the Author

Vijay Singal

Department Head and J. Gray Ferguson Professor of Finance, Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business

CFA charterholder

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Joint Director of Finance, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India

MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Broad Areas: Investments, Corporate Finance, and International Finance

Areas of Expertise: Market mispricings and anomalies, emerging markets, and currency risk management.

Research: Dr. Singal’s past and current research covers three major areas: irregularities related to market efficiency, international finance, and resolving finance-related issues using data from one industry, but from financial and product markets. In addition to his research, he has a book titled “Beyond the Random Walk: A Guide to Market Anomalies and Low Risk Strategies” published by Oxford University Press (hardcover, 2004; paperback, 2006). His research has been published in top quality journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Business, Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics, and in practitioner journals such as Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Investment Management. His research has been featured on television (CNN-fn), on radio (National Public Radio, Bloomberg Radio), and in print media such as the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, SmartMoney, Fortune, and Money.

Teaching: Dr. Singal’s primary teaching area is Investments. In the past, he has taught International Finance. Dr. Singal was the Program Leader for the first-ever residential summer study abroad program of the school and has led 2 summer study abroad programs to Freiburg, Germany.

Business Experience: Dr. Singal worked for ten years for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in India prior to joining academia. Some of his responsibilities included negotiating foreign currency syndicated loans, managing foreign exchange risk, and negotiating contracts with shipyards in Norway, Singapore, France and Japan.

Service-related Contributions: Dr. Singal is currently the Department Head of the Finance department at Virginia Tech. As chairperson, he is responsible for all Finance faculty – their recruitment, promotion and tenure, annual evaluations, compensation, etc.; all Finance programs – the undergraduate program with 250 Finance graduates each year, the Finance part of the MBA program, and the Finance doctoral program; secretarial staff; department’s budget including allocation of funds to different activities; curriculum development for all courses at all levels; course assignments and scheduling; coordination with alumni, recruiters, and other stakeholders; and all other aspects related to department’s administration.

Professional Achievements: Dr. Singal is a member of the American Finance Association, Financial Management Association and the Society for Financial Studies. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of CFA Institute. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Investment Management and Financial Innovations, and a member of the Editorial Board, Financial Management Association’s Survey and Synthesis Series. He has been an ad hoc referee for various journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Business.