CONTACT

PHONE: (361) 945-7982
EMAIL: valentinasrudys@weber.edu
OFFICE: WB  237
WEB: https://valentinas500.github.io 

ABOUT

Valentinas Rudys joined WSU faculty in 2022 and is an assistant professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Goddard School of Business & Economics.

Valentinas holds a double BBA degree in economics and finance from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, and earned his MA and PhD in economics from Fordham University. Currently, Valentinas teaches courses in macroeconomics and statistics. In the Fall of 2023, he co-taught a Monsters and Markets course in the Honors College. In the Spring of 2024, he will start teaching Global Macroeconomic Conditions course in the MBA program. In his research, Valentinas studies macroeconomic, labor, and financial issues. Among his interests are portfolio allocation decisions over the lifecycle, Social Security reforms and their effects on the US economy through the labor markets, older worker labor market outcomes, and active labor market policies. In addition, he is interested in studying various aspects of financial markets' efficiency.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics – Fordham University, 2022
MA, Economics – Fordham University, 2018
BBA, Economics and Finance – Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

AWARDS

• Open Educational Resources ADAPT Grant, Library, Weber State University, 2023
• Presidential Teaching Innovation Grant, Weber State University, 2023
• Honors Eccles Fellowship, Weber State University, 2022
• 2021 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, MVEA, 2021
• Alumni Dissertation Fellowship, Fordham University, 2020
• Distinguished Research Fellowship, Fordham University, 2019

HOBBIES

As a former student-athlete, Valentinas still enjoys competitive running. With his wife, Mairin, he enjoys biking, hiking and skiing.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Svogun, D., & Rudys, V. (2024). Optimizing the moving average trade rule for cryptocurrencies: implications of band size and transaction costs. Applied Economics Letters, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2394211
2. Rudys, V. (2024). Stock-Bond Allocation over the Life Cycle with Long-Term Unemployment Risk. The Journal of Investing, 33(2), 88-103. DOI: 10.3905/joi.2023.1.294
3. Svogun, D., & Rudys, V. (2023). Adjustable-band moving average learning strategies for technical analysis: evidence from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2269632
4. Rudys, V., & Svogun, D. (2023). Investing in cryptocurrencies with information costs. Applied Economics Letters, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2269628
5. Rudys, V., & Svogun, D. (2022). Optimal cryptocurrency portfolio allocation over the life cycle. Applied Economics, 55(46), 5419–5433. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2139810
6. Rudys, V. How does retirement affect optimal life cycle portfolio allocation between stocks and bonds?. J Asset Manag 24, 212–224 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41260-022-00298-6

PRESENTATIONS

1. 93rd Annual Southern Economics Association Meeting. New Orleans, LA. November 2023
2. 62nd Annual Southwestern Finance Association Conference. Houston, TX. March, 2023. 
3. Brown Bag Presentation Series at Goddard School of Business and Economics. Ogden, UT. November 2022.
4. 59th Annual Missouri Valley Economic Association Conference. St. Louis, MO. October 2022
5. 58th Annual Missouri Valley Economic Association Conference. Virtual.October 2021
6. Robert Morris University 32nd Annual Teaching Economics Conference. Virtual. Spring 2021
7. Fordham Graduate Student Conference. Bronx, NY. Spring 2020
8. 4th International ESS Conference. Mannheim, Germany. Spring 2019