Meyer Peikes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Finance, Math, Member of Faculty Senate, Admissions Committee; Finance Department Faculty Advisor
I grew up on the Lower East Side of N.Y. I attended the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva where I eventually received Smicha. I came to Touro College in 1977 as a member of the Touro Kolel. I started teaching at Touro in1978 and have been a member of the faculty ever since. My wife, Shlomis, and I currently live In Passaic, N.J.
Education
B.S. (mathematics) Brooklyn College 1974
M.A. (Mathematics) City College of New York 1976
Ph.D. (finance) Columbia University Graduate School of Business 1985
Semicha (ordination) Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva 1974
Area(s) of Expertise
Security Valuation, Portfolio Analysis, Derivative Securities
Research
Valuations and financial equilibriums; Halacha and Finance
Regular Courses Taught
Principles of Finance
Corporation Finance
Security Analysis
Options Trading Seminar
Honors Statistics
Publications
Earnings Management and Auditor Quality - Accounting and Finance Research- May 2012
Interests/Hobbies/Life Outside of Work
I am currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Clifton Cheder/BaisYaakov – a yeshiva elementary school located in Clifton, N.J.
I run a learning program for boys every Saturday Night (in the winter time) where approx. 350 boys spend up to hour learning with their fathers
I am beginning my fifth cycle of learning “Daf Hayomi”
