
Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu , Ph.D., CFA
Professor of Finance
Department of Finance
(973) 761-9209
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Jubilee Hall
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Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu, Ph.D., CFA
Professor of Finance
Department of Finance
Dr. Xu is a Professor of Finance at the Stillman School of Business. Since joining Seton Hall University in 2002, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Investment Analysis, Security Analysis, and Fixed Income Analysis. She has published over forty research articles in high-quality finance journals and received many research awards. Dr. Xu has served as Chair of the Finance Department from 2008 to 2010 and directed the CFA university affiliation programs at Seton Hall since 2013. Prior to joining Seton Hall University, Dr. Xu taught at the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University.
Dr. Xu’s current research interests include exchange-traded funds, fixed income, cryptocurrency, sustainable investing, emerging markets, hedge funds, and risk management.
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, Syracuse University
- M.B.A., Indiana State University
- B.A., Economics, Sun Yat-sen (Zhangshan) University
Classes Taught
- Investment Analysis (BFIN 4227)
- Fixed Income Analysis (BFIN 4250, BFIN 7245)
- Security Analysis (BFIN 7219)
Scholarship
- “COVID-19 Pandemic and Bond ETF Valuation Discount,” Journal of Fixed Income, Volume 32, Issue 3, pp. 83-115, Winter 2023.
- “Real Estate as a New Equity Market Sector: Market Responses and Return Comovement,” Real Estate Economics, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 431-467, Summer 2022.
- “Dissecting the Segmentation of China’s Repo Markets,” Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Volume 70, Article 101645, December 2021.
- “Student Loan Asset-Backed Securities: The Next Market in Crisis?” Journal of Fixed Income, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 22-43, Fall 2020.
- “Dissecting the Tracking Performance of Regular and Leveraged VIX ETPs,” Review of Derivatives Research, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 261-327, October 2019.
- "A Review of Fixed Income Indexing and Index Investing,” Journal of Wealth Management, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 85-103, Spring 2017.
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"Tracking Performance of Leveraged Energy Exchange-traded Funds." The Journal of Derivatives, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 37-60, March 2016.
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"Do Leveraged Exchange-Traded Products Deliver Their Stated Multiples?"
Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 43(6), 29-47, June 2014. -
"Tracking Performance of Leveraged and Regular Fixed Income ETFs."
Journal of Fixed Income, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 64-90, January 2014. -
"Solving the Return Deviation Conundrum of Leveraged Exchange-traded Funds."
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 48, Issue 1, 309-342, February 2013. -
"The effect of monetary policy on real estate price growth in China."Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 20(1), 62–77, January 2012.
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"An Examination of Hedge Fund Survivorship Bias and Attrition Before and During the Global Financial Crisis." The Journal of Alternative Investments, 13(4), 40- 52, March 2011.
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"The Performances of MBS Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds: A Puzzle."
Journal of Investment Management, 6(4), 59- 89, December 2008. -
Advances In International Investments: Traditional and Alternative Approaches. World Scientific Publishing, April 2008.
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"What Drives the Return on Venture Capital Funds?"
Journal of Private Equity, 12(1), 42- 55, February 2008. -
"What Drives the Return on CMBS?"
Journal of Portfolio Management, 33(5), 145- 157, September 2007. -
"Time and Dynamic Volume-Volatility Relation." Journal of Banking and Finance, 30(5), 1535- 1558, May 2006.
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"What Moves the Mortgage-backed Securities Market?"
Real Estate Economics, 33(2), 397- 426, June 2005.
Accomplishments
Awards
- Stillman School Research Achievement awards: 2003-2010, 2012-2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Stillman School Teaching Achievement award: 2006, 2009, 2017,2019
- Beck Research Award, Stillman School of Business: 2013-2018, 2023
- Researcher of the Year in the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
- Bright Idea Award in Finance, NJPRO: 2007
- Faculty Advisor, First place, Investment Research Challenge, New York Society of Security Analysts: 2006
- Summer research grants, Seton Hall University: 2003, 2004, 2006
- Research grant, Real Estate Research Institute, 2006
- Business School Summer Research Grant, Saint Louis University, 1999-2001
- Beaumont Faculty Development Fund, Saint Louis University, 1999-2000
- Doctoral Prize of School of Management, Syracuse University, 1999
- Certificate in University Teaching, Syracuse University, 1998
- Teaching Associateship, Future Professoriate Project, Syracuse University, 1996-1998
- Teaching Fellow, Syracuse University, 1997-1998