Rate My Professor Jongho Kang

Jongho Kang is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business Administration at Chonnam National University, where he specializes in finance and joined the faculty in September 2024. He received his B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from KAIST in February 2011 and his Ph.D. in Management Engineering from KAIST in February 2021. His research focuses on finance, particularly the application of machine learning techniques to financial problems such as portfolio optimization, return forecasting, high-frequency trading, and the impacts of ESG factors and corporate social responsibility on financial markets.

Kang has published in several prestigious journals. His key publications include: "Machine learning-based portfolio optimization: comparative analysis with the all-weather portfolio strategy" (Financial Innovation, 2026, with Yu Sung Ha, Ji hun Kim, and Dohyun Chun); "Forecasting returns with machine learning and optimizing global portfolios: evidence from the Korean and US stock markets" (Financial Innovation, 2024, with Dohyun Chun and Jihun Kim); "Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and idiosyncratic volatility: The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on ESG-sensitive industries" (Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 2024, with Jihun Kim and Suk Hyun); "Market versus limit orders of speculative high-frequency traders and price discovery" (Research in International Business and Finance, 2022, with Jangkoo Kang and Kyung Yoon Kwon); "How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Credit Default Swap Spreads?" (Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, 2022, with Jihun Kim); and "Who and what drives informed options trading after the market opens?" (Journal of Futures Markets, 2022, with Jangkoo Kang and Jaeram Lee).