Daniel Burnside
Clinical Professor of Finance University of Rochester | Simon School of Business
- Rochester NY
Burnside is a chartered financial analyst and an expert in money management and financial planning.
Areas of Expertise
Social
Biography
Education
University of Rochester / Simon School of Business
MS
Business Administration
2001
Cornell University
PhD
Philosophy
1995
Selected Media Appearances
Here’s How Gen Z Can Financially Cope with Tariffs
U.S. News & World Report online
2025-05-08
Building a savings fund is especially important for Gen Z, says Daniel Burnside, a clinical professor of finance at the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester, in New York.
“If you like living on the edge, then by all means, spend everything you earn and cross your fingers,” Burnside says. But he doesn’t recommend it. “Things happen, and they seem always to cost money when they do,” he says.

High CD Yields Could Rise Even More If The Fed Boosts Rates; Should You Wait?
Forbes print
2023-07-20
Daniel Burnside, a clinical professor of finance at the University of Rochester, says there’s no automatic connection between the Fed rate and CD rates.
“It’s not as if they change the target rate and then CDs are higher that day. It just depends on the bank,” he notes.

What happened to RealEats? Public records hold clues
Democrat & Chronicle print
2023-03-20
Daniel Burnside is clinical professor of finance at Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. After spending years working in the investment business, he now teaches courses in finance. While Burnside doesn't have direct knowledge of RealEats, he has enough experience dealing with startups to speculate what might have happened to the company.
