Boris Sebastian Abbey, Ph.D., J.D.
Accounting
abo8iv@r.postjobfree.com
Education
Ph.D. Business Administration, Finance Concentration, Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA,
3.9 GPA (2011)
J.D. Business Law Concentration, Cum Laude, Campbell University School of Law Buies Creek,
NC (2007)
M.B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, 4.0 GPA (2004)
B.S. Business Admin. Summa Cum Laude, Fayetteville State University, 4.0 GPA (2003)
Research Focus
Foreign exchange, investments, individual investors, alternative investments, currency traders
Work Experience
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Law
Fayetteville State University (August 2012 Present)
Teaching MBA level Investments, Finance, Health Care Finance and undergraduate
Business Law and Finance courses
Faculty supervisor for Investment Club, Economics and Finance Club, Trading Room,
and OFC Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition
MBA Director
Fayetteville State University (August 2011 July 2012)
Director of MBA program, responsible for advising 101 graduate students, curriculum
development, and marketing the MBA program
Teaching MBA level Investments, Finance, Health Care Finance and undergraduate
Business Law and Finance courses
Developed and adopted Graduate Certificate Programs in Program Management and
Health Care Management
Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Law
Fayetteville State University (Jan 2010 July 2011)
Teaching MBA level Investments, Finance, Health Care Finance and undergraduate
Business Law and Finance courses
Teaching algorithmic and discretionary trading seminars and established Investment Club
for Trading Room
Graduate Assistant
Old Dominion University (Aug 2007- Dec 2009)
Teaching Corporate Finance in the Department of Finance, College of Business and
Public Administration.
Won university Graduate Teaching Assistant Award first semester teaching
Financial Newsletter Editor and Algorithmic Trade System Developer
The Longwill Report and Collective2.com (Jan 2002 to Dec 2006)
Editor and joint partner of financial advisory newsletter focusing on the analysis of equity
indices and commodities
Developer of algorithmic trading systems hosted on Collective2.com. Rated number-one
trading system, out of 2700 systems, until system retirement.
U.S.M.C. and U.S. Army - Europe, Asia, United States (Apr 1992 to Sept 2002)
USMC Infantry, US Army Aviation and Logistics
Peer Reviewed Publications
B. Abbey and J. Doukas. Is Technical Analysis Profitable for Individual Currency Traders?
The Journal of Portfolio Management, Forthcoming (Fall 2012).
B. Abbey and P. Larkin. Can Simple One and Two-Factor Investing Strategies Capture the
Value Premium? International Research Journal of Applied Finance, 2 Feb 2012.
B. Abbey and A. Whitlock. Who's Afraid of the CISG? Why North Carolina Practitioners
Should Learn a Thing or Two about the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods, 30 Campbell Law Review 333 (2008) 275-295.
B. Abbey The Sword of North Carolina's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act :
Combating North Carolina Businesses Who Undercut Competition by Hiring
Illegal Immigrants, 29 Campbell Law Review 333 (2007) 333-351.
Submissions and Works in Progress
B. Abbey and J. Doukas. Do Individual Currency Traders Make Money? Journal of Financial
and Quantitative Analysis, Under Review (August 2012).
B. Abbey. Are Individual Currency Traders Skilled? Working Paper.
B. Abbey. Are Expert Advisors Really Experts? Working Paper.
Conferences
B. Abbey and P. Larkin. Another Look at Value and GARP Strategies for Individual Investors
Clute Conference, Orlando FL (Jan 2012).
B. Abbey The Sword of North Carolina's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act :
Combating North Carolina Businesses Who Undercut Competition by Hiring
Illegal Immigrants, Campbell Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Raleigh, NC (2007)
Affiliations
Society of Financial Service Professionals, NC State Bar, Healthcare Financial Management
Association, American College of Healthcare Executives
Languages
German - conversational
Computer Languages Experience
SAS, C++, Java, Tradestation Easy Language