Nikola Gradojevic

Nikola Gradojevic received the Ph.D. degree in financial economics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Currently, he is a Professor and the inaugural Fidelity Chair in Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance, at the University of Guelph. He previously worked as the Head of Finance, Audit & Control Department at IÉSEG School of Management (France), a Triple Crown-accredited business school, and as an Associate Dean (Academic) at Lang School of Business and Economics.

During his career he took positions at the University of British Columbia, Bank of Canada, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, IÉSEG School of Management, and in the private sector as a consultant in the AI, financial and mining industries. He has held or still holds visiting appointments at Rouen/NEOMA Business School in France, University of Bologna in Italy, University of Essex (The Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents) in the United Kingdom, Mediterranean School of Business in Tunisia, Faculty of Economics in Montenegro and University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences in Serbia. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA) in Italy and is also affiliated with the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI). He also serves as an Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences for the Finance discipline.

As an inventor, his international patent "System and method for artificial intelligence and machine learning model validation" (with David Van Bruwaene and Stuart Maiden) was published on March 30, 2023 under International Publication Number: WO/2023/044555A1. The second patent "System and method for fuzzy logic based model risk management" (with David Van Bruwaene) was published on October 26, 2023 under International Publication Number: WO/2023/201441A1.

Dr. Gradojevic has published his research in leading journals such as IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, The Energy Journal, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Empirical Finance, International Journal of Forecasting, and Annals of Operations Research. He has given interviews to media outlets that include the CBC News, CBC Radio, QR Calgary Radio, CTV News, VTV, The Globe and Mail, Canadian Family Offices, Sky News, The Price of Business, Finder, Storeys, Financial Post, Toronto Sun, and Ottawa Citizen.

Dr. Gradojevic’s research interests include Empirical Asset Pricing, Market Microstructure, High-Frequency Finance/Big Data, International Finance, Risk Management, Forecasting, Entropy, Wavelets, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (e.g., neural networks and fuzzy logic), Cryptocurrencies, Energy Finance, Technical Analysis, Asset Price Volatility, Bubbles and Jumps.

• Ph.D. in Economics (Finance specialization) from University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC).
• M.A. in Economics from University of Essex (U.K.) and Central European University (Hungary).
• B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (System Control) from University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences (Serbia).

• Fidelity Canada Chair in Finance (2025-2030).
• Paul MacPherson Teaching Award of Excellence (2020).
• Lang Graduate Research Assistantship (Summer 2019).
• Convocation Address, University of Guelph (October 21, 2017).
• Lakehead University, Merit in Research (2010).
• Lakehead University, Contributions to Research Award (June 2009) – awarded annually to the top three university researchers.
• Best paper award (international finance) at the Midwest Finance Association conference (March, 2009, Chicago);
• A Global Supplementary Grant for 2001–2002 graduate studies by Open Society Institute (OSI);
• A Supplementary Grant for 1998–1999 graduate studies by Open Society Institute (OSI);
• A full M.A. fellowship for 1996–1998 by Foundation for Open Society (George Soros Foundation).

• Empirical Asset Pricing,
• Market Microstructure,
• High-Frequency Finance,
• International Finance,
• Risk Management,
• Forecasting,
• Entropy,
• Wavelets,
• Artificial Intelligence (e.g., neural networks and fuzzy logic),
• Energy Finance,
• Cryptocurrencies,
• Technical Trading,
• Asset Price Volatility, Bubbles and Jumps.

Recent Projects

Dr. Nikola Gradojevic is a Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance, known for his expertise in international finance and artificial intelligence (AI). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia and has held significant roles such as Head of Finance, Audit & Control Department at IÉSEG School of Management and Associate Dean (Academic) at Lang. His career spans contributions to institutions including the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

In collaboration with co-authors from IESEG School of Management (France) and University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences (Serbia), Dr. Gradojevic explores the dynamics of energy commodities, focusing on natural gas returns and volatility using advanced artificial intelligence techniques. Their paper, titled "Drilling Deeper: Non-Linear, Non-Parametric Natural Gas Price and Volatility Forecasting," employs explainable AI (XAI) to analyze day-ahead price and volatility models for Henry Hub and Title Transfer Facility (TTF) natural gas markets.

The research reveals that natural gas prices are strategically influenced by crude oil and electricity prices, demonstrating intricate non-linear relationships that evolve, especially during volatile market periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions like the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The study underscores the effectiveness of deep learning models in adapting to structural breaks and extreme volatility, significantly improving forecast accuracy compared to traditional models.

Dr. Gradojevic's contributions push the boundaries of finance and AI, providing insights into market dynamics and risk management strategies within global energy markets. His research shapes the fields of finance, AI, and engineering management, offering crucial insights into market complexities and their global risk implications.

Bajatovic D., Erdemlioglu D., Gradojevic N. (2024), Drilling deeper: Non-linear, non-parametric natural gas price and volatility forecasting, in-press in The Energy Journal 45 (4), 81-105. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.45.4.dbaj

Erdemlioglu D., Gradojevic N. (2026), Natural gas market sentiment, accepted, forthcoming in Annals of Operations Research.^*NEW

Anastasopoulos A., Gradojevic N., Liu F., Maynard A., Tsiakas I. (2026), Order flow and cryptocurrency returns, in-press in Journal of Financial Markets. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1386-4181(26)00002-9^*NEW

Bouri E., Gradojevic N., Nekhili R. (2024), Fear, extreme fear and U.S. stock market returns, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 656 (article id. 130212). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2024.130212

Doroslovacki, K., Gradojevic, N., Tarnaud, A. C. (2024), A novel market sentiment analysis model for forecasting stock and cryptocurrency returns, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 54 (9), 5248-5259. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2024.3402160

Bajatovic D., Erdemlioglu D., Gradojevic N. (2024), Drilling deeper: Non-linear, non-parametric natural gas price and volatility forecasting, The Energy Journal 45 (4), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.45.4.dbaj

Gradojevic N., Kukolj D. (2024), Unlocking the black box: Non-parametric option pricing before and during COVID-19, Annals of Operations Research 334 (1-3), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04578-7

David Van Bruwaene, Nikola Gradojevic (October 26, 2023), System and method for fuzzy logic based model risk management. International Patent Published, Publication Number: WO2023/201441.

David Van Bruwaene, Stuart Maiden, Nikola Gradojevic (March 30, 2023), System and method for artificial intelligence and machine learning model validation. International Patent Published, Publication Number: WO2023/044555.

Gradojevic N., Kukolj D., Adcock R., Djakovic V. (2023), Forecasting Bitcoin with technical analysis: A not-so-random forest?, International Journal of Forecasting 39 (1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.08.001

Lento C., Gradojevic N. (2022), The profitability of technical analysis during the COVID-19 market meltdown, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15 (5), 192. https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/15/5/192

Lento C., Gradojevic N. (2021), S&P 500 index price spillovers around the COVID-19 market meltdown, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14 (7), 330. https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/14/7/330 (This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Markets).

Gradojevic N., Tsiakas I. (2021), Volatility cascades in cryptocurrency trading, Journal of Empirical Finance 62, 252-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2021.04.005

Gradojevic N. (2021), Brexit and foreign exchange market expectations: Could it have been predicted?, Annals of Operations Research 297, 167-189. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-020-03582-z

Erdemlioglu D., Gradojevic N. (2021), Heterogeneous investment horizons, risk regimes and realized jumps, International Journal of Finance and Economics 26 (1), 617-643. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1807

Brkić I., Gradojevic N., Ignjatijević S. (2020), The Impact of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth? New European Dynamic Panel Evidence, Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13(2), 26. https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/2/26

Gradojevic N., Erdemlioglu D., Gencay R. (2020), A new wavelet-based ultra-high-frequency analysis of triangular currency arbitrage, Economic Modelling, 85, pp. 57-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.05.006

Adcock R., Gradojevic N. (2019), Non-fundamental, non-parametric Bitcoin forecasting, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 531 (article id. 121727). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.121727

Gencay R., Gradojevic N. (2017), The tale of two financial crises: An entropic perspective, Entropy, 19 (6), 244. doi: 10.3390/e19060244, Special Issue "Entropic Applications in Economics and Finance"

Gradojevic N., Erdemlioglu, D., Gencay R., (2017), Informativeness of trade size in foreign exchange markets, Economics Letters, 150, pp. 27-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.11.010

Gradojevic N., Caric M., (2017), Predicting Systemic Risk with Entropic Indicators, Journal of Forecasting, 36 (1), pp. 16-25. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/for.2411/full

Nikolić S.T., Gradojevic N., Đaković V., Mladenović V., Stanković J. (2017), The marketing-entrepreneurship paradox: A frequency-domain analysis, E&M: Economics & Management, 20 (3), 207-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2017-3-014.

Gradojevic N., (2016), Multi-criteria Classification for Pricing European Options, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 20 (2), pp. 123-139 (Supplemental_Data_and_Code).

Gradojevic N., Gencay Ramazan, Olsen Richard, Selcuk Faruk, (2015), Informed Traders' Arrival in Foreign Exchange Markets: Does Geography Matter?, Empirical Economics, 49 (4), pp. 1431-1462.

Gradojevic N., Lento C., (2015), High-Frequency Technical Trading: Insights for Practitioners, in: Greg N. Gregoriou (Eds.), The Handbook of High Frequency Trading, Academic Press, 20, pp. 347-357.

Gradojevic N., Lento C., (2015), Multiscale Analysis of Foreign Exchange Order Flows and Technical Trading Profitability, Economic Modelling, 47, pp. 156-165.

Gradojevic N., (2014), Foreign exchange customers and dealers: Who's driving whom?, Finance Research Letters, 11(3), pp. 213-218.

Gencay R., Gradojevic N., (2013), Private information and its origins in an electronic foreign exchange market, Economic Modelling, 33, pp. 86-93.

Gradojevic N., Gencay R., (2013), Fuzzy Logic, Trading Uncertainty and Technical Trading, Journal of Banking & Finance, 37(2), pp. 578–586.

Gradojevic N., Dobardzic Eldin, (2013), Causality between regional stock markets: A frequency domain approach, Panoeconomicus, 60(5), pp. 633-647.

Gradojevic N., (2012), Frequency domain analysis of foreign exchange order flows, Economics Letters, 115(1), pp. 73–76.

Gradojevic N., Kukolj Dragan, Lento Camillo, (2012), Improving Non-parametric Option Pricing during the Financial Crisis, in: Adam Ghandar (Eds.), Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics, IEEE, pp. 1-7.

Lento C., Gradojevic N., (2012), The Effectiveness of Option Pricing Models during Financial Crises, in: Wehn, C.S., Gregoriou, G. N., Christian Hoppe, C. (Eds.), Rethinking Valuation and Pricing Models: Lessons Learned from the Crisis and Future Challenges, Academic Press, Oxford, 1, pp. 1-11.

Gencay R., Gradojevic N., (2011), Errors-in-Variables Estimation with Wavelets, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 81(11), pp. 1545-1564.

Gradojevic N., Gencay R., (2011), Financial Applications of Nonextensive Entropy, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 28(5), pp. 116-141.

Gradojevic N., Kukolj D., (2011), Parametric option pricing: A divide-and-conquer approach, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 240(19), pp. 1528–1535.

Gradojevic N., Kukolj D., Gencay R., (2011), Clustering and Classification in Option Pricing, Review of Economic Analysis, 3(2), pp. 109-128.

Gencay R., Gradojevic N., (2010), Crash of '87 -- Was it expected?: Aggregate market fears and long-range dependence, Journal of Empirical Finance, 17(2), pp. 270–282.

Gencay R., Gradojevic N., Selcuk F., Whitcher B., (2010), Asymmetry of Information Flow between Volatilities Across Time Scales, Quantitative Finance, 10(8), pp. 895–915 (Asymmetric Vertical Volatility Codes/Wavelet-Based Hidden Markov Trees).

Lento C., Serenko A., Gradojevic N., Booker L., Yol S., (2010), The Electronic Law of One Price (eLOP), in: Lee, I. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, IGI Global, pp. 55/64.

Gradojevic N., (2010), Multiscale Analysis of Microstructure Causality in the Foreign Exchange Market, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 1(2), pp. 47-52.

Gradojevic N., Djakovic V., Andjelic G., (2010), Random Walk Theory and Exchange Rate Dynamics in Transition Economies, Panoeconomicus, 57(3), pp. 303-320.

Gradojevic N., Caric M., (2009), Revisiting Non-Parametric Exchange Rate Prediction, Journal of Applied Business Research, 25(2), pp. 79-93.

Gradojevic N., Gencay R., Kukolj D., (2009), Option Pricing with Modular Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 20(4), pp. 626-637.

Gradojevic N., Gencay R., (2008), Overnight Interest Rates and Aggregate Market Expectations, Economics Letters, 100(1), pp. 27–30.

Gradojevic N., (2007), A market microstructure analysis of the Canadian dollar depreciation episodes in the 1990s, Applied Financial Economics, 17(17), pp. 1377-1387.

Gradojevic N., (2007), Non-linear, Hybrid Exchange Rate Modelling and Trading Profitability in the Foreign Exchange Market, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 31(2), pp. 557–574.

Gradojevic N., (2007), The Microstructure of the Canada/U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate: A Robustness Test, Economics Letters, 94(3), pp. 426-432.

Lento C., Gradojevic N., (2007), The Profitability of Technical Trading Rules: A Combined Signal Approach, Journal of Applied Business Research, 23(1), pp. 13-27.

Lento C., Gradojevic N., Wright C., (2007), Investment information content in Bollinger Bands? , Applied Financial Economics Letters, 3(4), pp. 263-267.

Smith D., Gradojevic N., Irwin S., (2007), An Analysis of Brand Equity Determinants: Gross Profit, Advertising, Research and Development, Journal of Business and Economics Research, 5(11), pp. 103-116.

Gradojevic N., Yang J., (2006), Non-linear, Non-parametric, Non-fundamental Exchange Rate Forecasting, Journal of Forecasting, 25(4), pp. 227-245.

Erdemlioglu, D. and Gradojevic, N. (2025, July 3-6). Natural gas market sentiment. The Finance Symposium, Rhodes, Greece (Presenter, Discussant, Scientific Committee member) - best paper award.

Gradojevic N. (2023, February). Explainable AI in financial model risk management. CARE-AI Seed Fund Launch.

Gradojevic N. (2022, March). Panelist/Panel Discussion: Assessing and aggregating the risk status of your AI and ML models: Being prepared for internal audit at any moment. Global Financial Markets Intelligence Conference: 19th Edition -- Model Risk.

Gradojevic N. (2021, October). Risk management for pricing, forecasting and time-series models (Model Risk Management Workshop). Global Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara, CA, US.

Gradojevic N., Tsiakas I. (2021, June). Volatility cascades in cryptocurrency trading. RCEA: 3rd Warsaw Money-Macro-Finance Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

Gradojevic N., Tsiakas I. (2021, May). Volatility cascades in cryptocurrency trading. RCEA: Future of Growth Conference, Waterloo, Canada.

Gradojevic, N. (2018, September). Brexit and Foreign Exchange Market Expectations. Louvain School of Management/CORE, Belgium.

Gradojevic, N. (2018, June). Brexit and Foreign Exchange Market Expectations. Canadian Economics Association Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Gradojevic, N., Erdemlioglu, D., Gencay, R. (2017, December). Informativeness of trade size in foreign exchange markets. National Bank of Serbia, Serbia.

Gradojevic, N., Erdemlioglu, D., Gencay, R. (2017, August). Informativeness of trade size in foreign exchange markets. 70th European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Lisbon, Portugal.

Gradojevic, N., Erdemlioglu, D., Gencay, R. (2016, September). Informativeness of trade size in foreign exchange markets. The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance - RCEF 2016, Waterloo, Canada.

Erdemlioglu, D. and Gradojevic, N. (2016, June). Heterogeneous investment horizons, jump risk and market fear. Canadian Economics Association Meeting, Ottawa, Canada (Presenter, Discussant).

Erdemlioglu, D. and Gradojevic, N. (2016, May). Heterogeneous investment horizons, jump risk and market fear. RCEA Macro-Money-Finance Workshop "Advances in Macroeconomics and Finance", Rimini, Italy.

Erdemlioglu, D. and Gradojevic, N. (2015, June). Heterogeneous investment horizons, jump risk and market fear. European Financial Management Association, 2015 Annual Meetings, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Erdemlioglu, D. and Gradojevic, N. (2014, December). Heterogeneous investment horizons and realized jump risk in financial markets. International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics, Pisa, Italy.

Gradojevic, N. and Gencay, R. (2014, June). Predictors of triangular arbitrage opportunities: Interdependence and order book indicators. The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF-2014): The Next Convergence, Rimini, Italy.

Gencay, R. and N. Gradojevic, Olsen, R., Selcuk, F. (2013, August). Informed Traders' Arrival in Foreign Exchange Markets: Does Geography Matter?. European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Gothenburg, Sweden.

N. Gradojevic and Gencay, R. (2013, June). Triangular Arbitrage Opportunities: Scisti Uti Foro. 2nd Rimini Time Series Workshop, Rimini, Italy.

Gencay, R. and N. Gradojevic. (2012, August). Private information and its origins in an electronic foreign exchange market. European Economic Association annual meeting, Malaga, Spain.

Kukolj, D., N. Gradojevic, and Lento, C. (2012, April). Improving Non-parametric Option Pricing during the Financial Crisis. IEEE Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr), New York, New York.

N. Gradojevic and Lento, C. (2011, October). Multiscale Analysis of Foreign Exchange Order Flows and Technical Trading Profitability. International Monetary and Financial Economics Workshop, Toronto, Canada-Ontario.

“Reducing uncertainty in technical trading with fuzzy logic: ‘Fuzzy technical indicators’”, Canadian Economics Association Meeting, Ottawa, June 2-5, 2011 (Presenter, Discussant and Session Chair);

N. Gradojevic and Gencay, R. (2011, May). Reducing uncertainty in technical trading with fuzzy logic: ‘Fuzzy technical indicators’. Rimini Finance Workshop, Rimini, Italy;

Kukolj, D. and N. Gradojevic (2011, April). Option Pricing by Fuzzy Logic Based Signal Processing. International Conference on Society and Information Technologies, Orlando, Florida;

“The Dynamic Interaction of Order Flows and the CAD/USD Exchange Rate”, 64th European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Barcelona, August 23-27, 2009 (Presenter);

“The Dynamic Interaction of Order Flows and the CAD/USD Exchange Rate”, 2009 Meetings of Midwest Finance Association, Chicago, March 4-7 (Presenter) - best paper award (international finance);

When do informed traders arrive in FX markets?, 2008 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Rio de Janeiro, November 20-22 (Presenter and Session Chair);

When do informed traders arrive in FX markets?, 63rd European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Milano, August 27-31, 2008 (Presenter and Session Chair);

When do informed traders arrive in FX markets?, Canadian Economics Association Meeting, Vancouver, June 6-8, 2008 (Presenter, Discussant and Session Chair);

“Option Pricing with Modular Neural Networks”, CEA 2006 Annual Meeting at Concordia University, Montreal, May 26-28 (Presenter and Session Chair);

“Option Pricing with Modular Neural Networks”, 61st European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 24-28, 2006, in Vienna, Austria (Presenter);

Canadian Econometrics Study Group, October 21–22, 2005, SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver (Session Chair);

“Non-parametric Exchange Rate Prediction: Revisited”, CEA 2005 Annual Meeting at McMaster University, Hamilton, May 27-29 (Presenter and Discussant).

• Institute for Sustainable Commerce - Small Grants Program (2024).
• CARE-AI Seed Fund, AI Innovation award (2022).
• SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) – Explore Grant (2022).
• Lang Graduate Research Assistantship (Summer 2019).
• IÉSEG School of Management’s internal funding (2013, 2014, 2015).
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (sole principal investigator), 2008-2011 ($59,250);
• Lakehead University’s internal funding (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007).

Served as a Referee for: Journal of Econometrics; Journal of International Economics; The Energy Journal; Sustainable Energy Research; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of Empirical Finance; Annals of Operations Research; European Journal of Operational Research; European Journal of Finance; Journal of Financial Econometrics; Economics Letters; Finance Research Letters; International Journal of Forecasting; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; Journal of Applied Business Research; Applied Economics; Applied Financial Economics; Managerial Finance; IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks; IEEE Systems Journal; Neurocomputing; Neural Computing and Applications; Empirical Economics; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Economic Change and Restructuring; Quantitative Finance; Quantitative Finance and Economics; Economic Record; Economic Modelling; Econometric Reviews; The Journal of Risk; Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation; Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications; Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment; Review of Economic Analysis; The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development; International Journal of Finance and Economics; International Review of Finance (Wiley); International Review of Financial Analysis (Elsevier); International Finance; International Journal of Automation and Computing; Computational Methods in Financial Engineering; Financial Statistical Journal; Panoeconomicus; Heliyon; Organizacija (Organization-Journal of Management, Information Systems and Human Resources); International Journal of Technology Management; Business Economics (Biznis Ekonomija); African Journal of Business Management; International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management; International Review of Economics and Finance; Financial Innovation; Information Sciences; Entropy, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Information, Symmetry, Mathematics (MDPI); Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (Tech Science Press); Algorithmic Finance; Blockchain: Research and Applications; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC); Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

FIN 3400 - International Finance

FIN 3000 - Investments

Interview for CTV News - "Vendasta cuts 20 jobs in Saskatoon as company pivots to AI" (March, 2026) -- https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/vendasta-cuts-20-jobs-in-saskatoon-as-company-pivots-to-ai/

Interview for Canadian Family Offices - "Fitting geopolitical risk into investment models is difficult, but does that mean you shouldn’t try?" (March, 2026) -- https://canadianfamilyoffices.com/wealth/fitting-iran-into-investment-risk-models-is-difficult-but-that-doesnt-mean-you-shouldnt-try/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (January, 2026) -- https://www.finder.com/ca/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-forecast

Interview for The Financial Post - "How to survive a market bubble — if there is one" (December, 2025) -- https://financialpost.com/investing/how-survive-market-bubble-time-running-out

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (December, 2025)

Interview for The Globe and Mail - "Everything you need to know about the AI bubble - and how it will pop" (November, 2025) -- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-what-you-need-to-know-ai-artificial-intelligence-bubble-will-pop/

Interview for The Ontarion - "Chatbot therapy: Should AI be up in your feelings" (November, 2025; page 34) -- https://issuu.com/ontarion/docs/the_ontarion_-_199.3_

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (October, 2025)

Lang School Receives $ 1.4M From Fidelity to Prepare Finance Leaders for Changing World (October, 2025) -- https://news.uoguelph.ca/2025/10/lang-school-receives-1-4m-from-fidelity-to-prepare-finance-leaders-for-changing-world/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (September, 2025)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (July, 2025)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (June, 2025)

Interview for BettingTop10 - "Should Bettors Use AI Tools to Help Win Bets?" (April 15, 2025) -- https://www.bettingtop10.ca/should-bettors-use-ai-tools-to-help-win-bets/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (April, 2025)

Interview for "The Price of Business" with Kevin Price (March 25, 2025) -- https://dailybusinessjournal.com/2025/03/25/ai-and-the-brave-new-world-of-business-and-finance/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (March, 2025)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (January, 2025)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (December, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (October, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (September, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (July, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (June, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (April, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (March, 2024)

Interview for The Eyeopener - "The cost of the latte in your cup" (January, 2024) -- https://theeyeopener.com/2024/01/the-cost-of-the-latte-in-your-cup/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (January, 2024)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (December, 2023)

Interview for QR Calgary Radio on the Bank of Canada policy rate announcement (October 25, 2023) -- https://open.spotify.com/episode/6s2hs5W9Lpu2Ldx1cVoVnx

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (October, 2023)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (September, 2023)

Interview for The Globe and Mail - "I tried a cash-only budget for a week. Here’s how quickly I saw $150 disappear" (August, 2023) -- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-one-young-persons-experiment-with-a-cash-only-budget/

Interview for CTV News - Bank of Canada staff received $26.7 million in bonuses and raises in 2022 (July, 2023) -- https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/bank-of-canada-staff-received-26-7-million-in-bonuses-and-raises-in-2022-1.6480505

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (July, 2023)

Interview (for Storeys) - What Will Be The BoC’s Next Interest Rate Move? Some Experts Say It’s A “Coin Toss” (July, 2023) -- https://storeys.com/boc-july-interest-rate-decision-a-coin-toss/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (June, 2023)

Interview (for Storeys) - Will Wednesday’s BoC Rate Decision Bring A Hike? Experts Weigh In (June, 2023) -- https://storeys.com/boc-rate-decision-june-hike-experts-weigh-in/

Interview for Sky News Arabia - Do "artificial intelligence" tools threaten the jobs of financial analysts? (May, 2023) -- https://www.skynewsarabia.com/business/

Interview (for Storeys) - “Curb Your Expectations”: Rate Cuts Unlikely Despite Inflation Dip (April, 2023) -- https://storeys.com/industry-reacts-to-march-inflation-dip-rate-cuts/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (April, 2023)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (March, 2023)

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (January, 2023)

CARE-AI LinkedIn interview - "Non-Parametric Models and Explainable AI (XAI) in Financial Forecasting in Volatile Markets" (December, 2022) -- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/non-parametric-models-explainable-ai-xai-financial-forecasting-?trk=public_post_feed-article-content

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (December, 2022)

Interview (Financial Post/MoneyWise): The biggest winners and losers from the Bank of Canada's interest hike (September, 2022) -- https://financialpost.com/moneywise-pro/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-from-the-bank-of-canadas-interest-hike/.

Interview (appeared in Toronto Sun and Ottawa Citizen): Is it a good time to start a new business? (August, 2022) -- https://torontosun.com/moneywise-pro/is-it-a-good-time-to-start-a-new-business and https://ottawacitizen.com/moneywise-pro/is-it-a-good-time-to-start-a-new-business.

Interview: The Complexities of Cryptocurrency (May, 2022) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUFjcCX2ao

New Research: Finance prof Dr. Gradojevic explores financial option pricing before and during COVID-19 (April, 2022) -- https://www.uoguelph.ca/lang/news/2022/04/new-research-finance-prof-dr-gradojevic-explores-financial-option-pricing-and-during

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (April, 2022)

Popularity of ‘Green’ Bonds May Not Last (March, 2022) -- https://guides.uoguelph.ca/2022/03/popularity-of-green-bonds-may-not-last-says-u-of-g-expert/

Panelist for Finder.com - "Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report" (January, 2022) -- https://www.finder.com/ca/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-forecast-report-january-2022

Panelist for Finder.com - "Investing in the era of COVID-19" (July, 2020) -- https://www.finder.com/ca/investing-report-july-2020

Panelist in webinar - "Leading Through Crisis: Economic Continuity" (May, 2020) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4DKDVVdw30.

In "The Conversation": "Stock Market Rollercoaster: Why High-frequency Trading isn’t to Blame" (March, 2020) -- https://theconversation.com/stock-market-rollercoaster-why-high-frequency-trading-isnt-to-blame-125058.

In "The Conversation": "The Answer to Forecasting Bitcoin May Lie in Artificial Intelligence" (July, 2019) -- https://theconversation.com/the-answer-to-forecasting-bitcoin-may-lie-in-artificial-intelligence-119152

In Memoriam (Dr. Ramo Gencay; January, 2019) -- http://rcea.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Obituary-Ramo-Gencay.pdf

Fidelity Investments help fund student finance club (April, 2018) -- https://www.uoguelph.ca/business/news/2018/04/fidelity-investments-help-fund-student-finance-club

The Globe and Mail interview (May 2016) -- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/partners/advreinventingthefuture0516/why-you-can-bank-on-a-smarter-wall-street/article29822473/