Rusty Yerkes
Chair, Thomas J Adams Sr./AutoTec Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Professor of Finance, Risk Management and Insurance Program Coordinator
Brock School of Business
Department of Economics Finance and Quantitative Analysis
389 D聽Cooney Hall
ryerkes@samford.edu
205-726-2051

Degrees

  • University of Alabama, Ph.D., Finance
  • Auburn University at Montgomery, M.B.A., Finance
  • U.S. Air Force Academy, B.S., Economics & Operations Research

Expertise

  • Financial Markets & Institutions; Investments; Portfolio Management; Financial Planning; Corporate Financial Analysis; Financial Risk; Management/Derivatives; Treasury Management; Banking

Publications

  • Yerkes, R.T.  “Understanding, Applying and Critiquing Different Factor Models.”  In Understanding Risk and Return.  Greg Filbeck and Hunter Holzhauer, Editors, 2025. 1st Edition, Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Yerkes, R.T. with K. Pan and C. Carson.  “To Hire or Not to Hire:  Underwriter Staffing Analysis for AMERICAN Insurance Company.” Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2025.

  • Yerkes, R.T. with J.H. Finch.  2024.  “Bridging Concepts Across the Finance Curriculum:  An Integrative Assignment with Multiple Applications of the Internal Rate of Return.” Journal of Instructional Techniques in Finance, 2024.

    Yerkes, R.T. with D.B. Blank and M.J. Highfield, “Risk in Loan Pools of GNMA-Guaranteed Securities: Evidence from Bank and Non-Bank MBS Issuers.” Journal of Housing Research, 31(2), 2022.
  • Yerkes, R.T. , “Advisors Guide to the Organization of a Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF)”. In Student-Managed Investment Funds: Organization, Policy and Portfolio Management, 2nd Edition, Brian Bruce, Academic Press. 2020.
  • Yerkes, R.T., with Eli Sherrill. "Municipal Disclosure Timeliness and the Cost of Debt." The Financial Review 53 (1), February 2018, pp. 51-86.
  • Yerkes, R.T. “The Art and Science of Student Managed Investment Portfolios.” The Journal of Trading 13 (1), Winter 2017.
  • Yerkes, R.T., with D. Sonius and K. Westhues. "VC Contract Design: Development State, Bargaining Power and the Classification of Early-Cycle Companies." The Journal of Private Equity 20 (4), Fall 2017, 36-46.
  • Yerkes, R.T., with Lauren Bates and Sara Helms McCarty. “How Do Municipal Bonds Behave without Tax-Exemption?” The Journal of Investing, 25 (4), Winter 2016, 1-13.
  • Yerkes, R.T., with David Sonius and Uwe Kehrel. “The Effect of Call Options on Exit Strategies in Private Equity Shareholder Agreements.” The Journal of Private Equity, 19 (1), Winter 2015, 41-52.
  • Yerkes, R.T. "Regulatory Trading Restrictions, Overvaluation and Insider Selling."  The Journal of Trading, 7 (3), Summer 2012, 85-102. 

Professional Certifications

  • Financial Risk Manager (FRM) 2015
  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP) 2005
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 2003