These web pages have been updated for Spring 2025. If you have any questions, contact me by e-mail.

 

   

      Spring 2025

   

   Larry Schrenk, Associate Professor of Finance

      Department of Finance, College of Business

      Winona State University

      175 West Mark Street

      Winona, MN 55987-3384 

 

 

Larry Schrenk is Associate Professor of Finance and has taught at Winona State since 2016. He has previously taught at the Robert Kogod School of Business at American University and the Robert Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore. His teaching focuses on investments, security selection, and portfolio management. In particular, he teaches the Student Managed Investment Fund in which advanced finance students help manage part of the WSU Foundation’s portfolio. He also teaches a general education course, Financial Literacy (goals 5 and 9), which introduces students to broad issues in economics and finance in a conceptual way. His research involves corporate finance, investments, financial ethics, and financial applications of artificial intelligence.

 

Contact Information

Office: Somsen 319F

Telephone: 507-457-2388

E-Mail: lschrenk@winona.edu

Zoom Room:  My Zoom Room or https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/lschrenk (passcode: Larry)

Website: http://larryschrenk.com/

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Office Hours:

      9:00-9:50 AM, MWF, Somsen 319F

      12:00-1:10 PM, MWF, Somsen 319F

      By appointment in My Zoom Room (passcode: Larry)

 

Course AI Assistants:

These AI Assistants are designed to answer questions about WSU classes. They are experimental; absolutely no guarantees of accuracy are implied. If you encounter problems or incorrect information, please send me (Larry Schrenk, lschrenk@winona.edu) an e-mail with the date/time and a brief description of the issue.  

FIN 100 AI Assistant for FIN 100 - Financial Literacy

FIN 377 AI Assistant for FIN 377 - Investments

FIN 422 AI Assistant for FIN 422 - Student Managed Investment Fund

FIN 440 AI Assistant for FIN 440 - International Finance

FIN 470 AI Assistant for FIN 470 - Financial Analysis in Excel 

FIN 473 AI Assistant for FIN 473 - Principles of Real Estate

 

Resources

AI Resources

Financial Resources Links

S&P Capital IQ Resources

Finance Videos

FinanceBasics Podcasts

 

Current Courses

FIN 100 - Financial Literacy (Online, D2L, General Education: Goals 5 and 9)

FIN 422 - Student Managed Investment Fund

FIN 470 - Financial Analysis in Excel

 

WSU Courses

FIN 100 - Financial Literacy (Online, D2L, General Education: Goals 5 and 9)

FIN 360 - Corporate Finance

FIN 377 - Investments

FIN 422 - Student Managed Investment Fund

FIN 430 - Fixed Income Securities (Online Summer, D2L)

FIN 440 - International Finance (Online Summer, D2L)

FIN 470 - Financial Analysis in Excel

FIN 473 - Principles of Real Estate

 

Other Courses Taught

Classroom

     Undergraduate

Personal Finance, Introductory/Corporate Finance, Derivative Securities, Financial Analysis in Excel, Financial Markets and Institutions, Intermediate Corporate Finance, International Finance, Investments, Private Wealth Management, Principles of Real Estate, Risk Management, Security Analysis and Valuation, Micro- and Macroeconomics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

     Graduate

Introductory/Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Derivative Securities, Investments, Financial Modeling, Risk Management, and Micro- and Macroeconomics  

Online

     Undergraduate

Personal Finance, Financial Literacy, Introductory Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, Fixed Income Securities, International Finance, Investments, Micro- and Macroeconomics

     Graduate 

Introductory Finance, Financial Management, Investments, and Micro- and Macroeconomics

  

Research

Corporate Finance, Investments, Executive Compensation, Real Options, the Ethics of Finance, Finance and Artificial Intelligence

  

Positions

         Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business, Winona State University, 2021- 

         Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Business, Winona State University, 2016-2021

         Assistant Professor of Finance, Robert P. Kogod School of Business, American University, 2008-2016

         Assistant Professor of Finance, Robert G. Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, 2001-2008

         Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Robert G. Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, 2000-2001

  

Education

 

         Ph.D., Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, 2001

         M.S.F., Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, 1995

         M.B.A., Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, 1995

         B.A., University of Michigan, 1980

 

Links

Winona State University

College of Business, Dean's Office

Departments: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Marketing

Admissions, Majors & Minors, Events, Scholarships, Student Organizations

Advising, Career Services, Class Schedule, Counseling & Wellness, Access Services, Fitness, Directory, IT, Library, Registrar

 

These web pages were last updated January 2025.                   

 

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