# Professor George Smith comments on a proposal for two classes of GM shares

1 Faculty News March 29, 2017 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2017/03/29/greenlights-push-for-gm-stock-split-has-links-to-extinct-trusts/) -- "'One is for the more risk averse,' said [George David Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/george-smith), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, referring to the proposed GM share classes. 'The other is for those who are willing to bet on earnings.'"

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