By Sterling Xie. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview As we socially distance and avoid contact, our world has increasingly digitized. Among the most affected—are retail stores, brick-and-mortar stores, and shopping malls. While e-commerce stores are still a sure minority in the market right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has expedited the digitization of stores, bringing some...Read More
By Ee Hsin Kok. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Real yields, otherwise referred to as real interest rates, are a term used to describe an asset’s yields once adjusted against inflation. This term is commonly associated with bonds but can refer to many other assets such as loans. In this article, we go over common...Read More
By Akul Ranjan. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Machine learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence(A.I.) which focuses on understanding and analyzing data/statistics in order to make informed decisions. It takes multiple variations of structured or unstructured data and computes a suitable algorithm or plan of action utilizing the input data. Machine learning is widespread,...Read More
By Ee Hsin Kok. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview You might have heard talk in recent years about the threat of certain Chinese companies like Alibaba and Baidu being delisted from the US stock exchange. In this article, we go over what a delisting is, the circumstances under which it can occur, and what delisting...Read More
By Aniket Bose. Edited By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Biomass energy (energy from living things) has been used since the time of cavemen when they first made wood fires for cooking their food and keeping themselves warm during the prehistoric time period. Biomass is organic, which basically means that it is composed of living organisms, such...Read More
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Renewable energy can come in many different forms and methods of energy manufacturing. Some of the most common include Solar, energy from the sun; Wind, utilizing turbines to channel wind; and Geothermal energy, energy from hot water and Earth. Some benefits of these types of energies is that they don’t release...Read More
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview The world as we know it is becoming highly digitized with new technologies and renovations to existing products being created every day. We now have artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and so much more to complete almost any task we want, from in-bed dining to scraping web servers. Digitization is...Read More
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview The urge for the US healthcare system to be at peak performance has never been at such high demand, considering how the COVID-19 pandemic affected our lives. The government administration has therefore been influxing federal cash in the economy for healthcare for spendings such as technology in hospitals, job salaries, etc....Read More
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview In today’s world, getting higher education at top universities is extremely common for young teenagers, especially in the U.S. Going to a prestigious university allows for more growth and opportunities for students to learn. It also allows for easy-access to connect with professionals for quality jobs. But at the same time,...Read More
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Brief History Richard Thaler is known as the founding father of behavioral economics. He is the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his exceptional work and contributions to studying behavioral economics. He is also well known for his best-selling book, Nudge. I encourage everyone reading this to...Read More