March - 2021

Mar 30
1 min

Are We in a Bubble?: SJ Podcast Ep.9

Apple Spotify Other Platforms With the increasing prices of the stock market, the Spartan Journal team discusses the speculative bubble that is forming within the current bull market. Among other expansive topics, the discussion additionally touches on behavioral investing, historical bubbles, and the environment leading out of the COVID-19 recession. IPO/SPAC Offerings: Price to Sales Tech Stocks: Subscribe to receive weekly market news from the Spartan Journal https://www.m

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Amazon Begins On-Site Covid Vaccinations

Varun Reddy

Mar 30
1 min

Amazon Begins On-Site Covid Vaccinations

The Covid vaccination effort has taken off over the last few weeks with the United States averaging nearly 2.5 million vaccinations a day. President Biden set out for a goal to have 100 million Americans vaccinated within his first 100 days in office. We recently passed that mark after only his 53rd day in office. Despite vaccination rates being relatively high, Amazon is starting an in-house vaccination program for its employees. Amazon warehouse workers are classified as fr

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Nick Nowakowski

Mar 30
1 min

The new work week

A typical week for many people in a non-pandemic work environment consists of working an average of 40 hours per week, occasionally working a few hours of overtime. However, because of the pandemic, research conducted shows that “home-working employees in the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada and the United States are putting in more hours than before” (CNN). There are a few explanations as to why employees are working longer hours compared to pre pandemic times. To start, empl

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Andrew Hendren

Mar 30
1 min

The Second WeWork IPO

WeWork is a real estate company that offers flexible modern workspaces for a variety of companies. The key differentiator of the company is that companies can rent out a renovated space for as little as a month or as long as needed. They recently agreed to merge with the BoWX Acquisition Corporation SPAC which has them valued at nine billion dollars with debt included. Through this merger, WeWork aims to raise 1.3 billion dollars. This deal comes two years after WeWork’s fail

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Andrew Long

Mar 30
2 min

Tweaks for Exceptional Negotiations

Negotiation is a skill that extends throughout all industries and even within common life interactions. While negotiation is often associated with business deals, the truth is everyone uses negotiation whenever a mutual agreement is pursued. In order to improve this ever-important skill, there are several different “tweaks” that, when applied, can better help seal the deal. On a broad scale, there are essentially two approaches to negotiation, distributive and integrative. Di

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Suez Canal Blocked by Massive Cargo Ship

Matthew Mancini

Mar 30
3 min

Suez Canal Blocked by Massive Cargo Ship

Above is a digger attempting to clean mud and sand away from the ship’s bow (Source: BBC) By Matthew Mancini March 28th, 2021 The Suez Canal in Egypt was blocked by a shipping container, the Ever Given, on March 23rd and has majorly disrupted world trade. It stretches longer than the Eiffel tower and the 224,000-ton boat created a bottleneck due to high winds and a sand storm. According to Bloomberg, the Canal is 120 miles long and connects the Mediterranean in the north with

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We're in a K-Shaped Recovery, but What Is It?

Nate Jefferson

Mar 29
1 min

We're in a K-Shaped Recovery, but What Is It?

With Americans receiving stimi after stimi and the stock market currently seeing all-time highs, it's easy to think everyone has come out of the recession on the upside. In truth, Americans and industries that were previously struggling will likely continue to struggle. This is a K-shaped recovery. A K-shaped recovery essentially shows a post-recession scenario in which one segment of the economy begins to climb while another segment continues to suffer. In 2020, the first K-

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Costa Gianiodis

Mar 25
1 min

Paul Pradel - S2 Ep.12

Apple Spotify Other platforms Paul Pradel, CFP is an alumnus from Michigan State University. He is also the owner of Pradel Financial Group, launched in 2002, which is an independent financial services company based in Seattle, WA. Along with the CFP designation, he also holds other designations and credentials such as Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), as well as other insurance licenses. Pradel Financial Group LinkedIn

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SJ Podcast

Mar 23
1 min

Sports Betting and Online Gambling: SJ Podcast Ep.8

Apple Spotify Other Platforms Michigan, amongst many other states, has legalized online gambling. With sporting events emerging post-pandemic, this is creating a surge in activity for online gambling platforms. In this week's episode, the SJ team discusses online gambling and the line that exists between gambling and investing. Subscribe to receive weekly market news from the Spartan Journal https://msuwma.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2179fd862e885dc3aa74221ca&id=300f3e794

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Andrew Hendren

Mar 23
1 min

the fight for Michigan state

Michigan State basketball is caught in the middle of a rivalry between Dan Gilbert of Rocket Mortgage and Mat Ishbia of United Wholesale Mortgage. As an MSU alum, Gilbert gives a lot back to the state of Michigan and MSU. On the other side, Ishbia was actually a walk-on for the basketball team during his time at Michigan State, and went on to become the CEO of the current fourth largest mortgage lender. Last month Ishbia donated thirty-two million dollars to MSU’s athletic de

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NFL Finalizes New 11-Year Media Rights Deal

Varun Reddy

Mar 23
1 min

NFL Finalizes New 11-Year Media Rights Deal

This past week the NFL finalized a new media deal that will last until 2033. In that time, different media outlets such as Fox and ABC will rotate on a yearly basis with NFL streaming. This new deal though announces the entrance of a new player in the NFL streaming world. Amazon is now given exclusive Thursday night rights. Amazon will be paying nearly $1 billion per year as it takes on a new role as an NFL streaming service. Their $1 billion a year is marginal compared to ot

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Nick Nowakowski

Mar 23
1 min

The work environment post covid-19

A typical day for someone with a job or school nowadays might consist of getting up, grabbing a cup of coffee, and heading to your computer to get on a series of zoom calls for the rest of the day. Now that businesses and schools are opening again, people may question what the work environment will be like. Businesses will have to maintain cleaner work environments and follow COVID-19 laws to safely remain open. “Plan for everything else to be staggered too — work hours, dail

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Investing the Right Way: Apps and Services for Young Investors

Nate Jefferson

Mar 23
1 min

Investing the Right Way: Apps and Services for Young Investors

With a swarm of speculative investments recently hitting the scene, more people are getting into the investing world and viewing it as gambling rather than performing any type of analysis. To combat this, here are some apps and resources you can use to better understand stock investing and become more financially literate. • Invstr – this app is like a fantasy league for stock investing as it allows wannabe investors to compete with other players for prizes. You start the gam

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Big Banks Ask Shareholders to Reject Racial Equity Audits

Matthew Mancini

Mar 23
2 min

Big Banks Ask Shareholders to Reject Racial Equity Audits

Above is the headquarters of Bank of America in Charlette, NC (Source: Headquartersof.com) March 22nd, 2021 By Matthew Mancini Big banks, such as Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), are now asking shareholders to reject proposals for racial equity audits. These requests are in stark contrast to their opinions last summer after the police killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests. These companies were among many to make publ

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Jake Heronema

Mar 23
1 min

The New Age of Stock Influencers

“Gamestonk!!” Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla tweeted out an 11- character message to his 49.4 million followers late January. GameStop Corp. shares gained more than 150% overnight. The next day, analysts threw up their hands. Nothing apart from Mr. Musk’s tweet which included a link to Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum could explain why the stock soared. The ‘Technoking of Tesla’ isn’t alone in affecting stocks by simply tweeting. Public figures as varied as the Tesla executive,

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EU: JNJ Vaccine Approved, AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended, & Surge in COVID-19 Cases

Matthew Mancini

Mar 18
2 min

EU: JNJ Vaccine Approved, AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended, & Surge in COVID-19 Cases

The image above shows a digitalized COVID-19 cell behind the European Union flag (Source: CIDOB) March 16th, 2021 By Matthew Mancini The single-shot vaccine created by drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was approved in the European Union. The EU is trying to roll out the vaccine as soon as possible because coronavirus infections are steadily rising. The vaccine is different from the other vaccines which require two shots spaced several weeks apart. The JNJ vaccin

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Oscar Garner III

Mar 18
1 min

Oscar Garner III - S2 Ep.11

Apple Spotify Other platforms Oscar Garner III (class of 2021) is a finance student and Evans Scholar at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He is also an executive board member for our student organization, MSUWMA. He is the Director of Recruitment as well as a co-founder of MSUWMA's Spartan Journal, a weekly newsletter compiled by the Spartan Journal's weekly news contributors delivering its readers with the biggest and most relevant business new

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SJ Podcast

Mar 16
1 min

2020 Reflection - SJ Podcast Ep.7

Apple Spotify Other Platforms The team reflects on the past year, what has changed since the beginning on the pandemic and their predictions for the upcoming school year. Subscribe to receive weekly market news from the Spartan Journal https://msuwma.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2179fd862e885dc3aa74221ca&id=300f3e794d Subscribe to receive weekly market news from the Spartan Journal https://msuwma.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2179fd862e885dc3aa74221ca&id=300f3e794d

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Justin Halvorson

Mar 16
2 min

Money: The Universal Language

What is money? Is it a status symbol? It is a means to happiness? Or is it a universal language, beneficial to and understand by all. Before money, people typically obtained goods by directly trading with one another, through a system of bartering. The first widespread use of a currency took place in 600 BC, in a region of Europe called Lydia, (Modern-day Western Turkey) and the Chinese were the first to devise a system of paper money in roughly 770 B.C. The direct trade of g

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Will FAANG Continue to Outperform in 2021?

Nick Nowakowski

Mar 16
1 min

Will FAANG Continue to Outperform in 2021?

At the beginning of the pandemic last year in March, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined, and lost a tremendous amount of value. Airline companies, oil companies, and retail companies were hard hit and still, to this day have not fully recovered. However, “stay at home” technology stocks benefited from the pandemic, and as a result, outperformed the market by a large amount. Now, with states starting to open back up and people starting to get back to a normal life with

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