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Markets Going Crazy11/30/2020 This November the Dow Jones booked its best month since 1987, the S&P gained 11%, and Nasdaq achieved a record high of 11,945.72 points. When I began this project, I honestly believed that there would be a dead cat bounce after the February-March decline, but stocks seem to only go up! This really goes to show the divide between wallstreet and mainstreet as well as the seperation between the elites and working class
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Happy New Year11/30/2020 Though 2020 has been a rough ride, I'm glad I had this project to pass the time. Working on this has really expanded my knowledge of economics and finance. It's probably been my favorite school project.
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Interview: Peter High11/30/2020 This month, I had a great interview with Peter High, the President of Metis Strategy and host of the Technovation Podcast. Interestingly enough, I met Mr. High via a college interview and he was gracious enough to grant me a few minute of his time to go over developments in the tech sector in response to COVID-19. If the name of the podcast didn't tip you off already, High is a huge advocate for digital transformation in every sector of society, especially the business sector. This was very useful for a section in my book on the shift in business models during this pandemic. Through my experience with online school, I've witnessed first-hand the adaptations schools have made to adjust to the pandemic, and I can foresee some of these elements of online schooling carrying on well after the pandemic. Many students, faculty, and really employees in general might be more inclined to opt for virtual meetings rather than physical ones. Of course, there's a lot more discussion to be had when it comes to the phasing out of low-skilled workers in certain industries, but that's more specific to the book and not really fitting for a blog post.
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Uploading New Sections11/3/2020 Mid-October, I decided that this website would be a one-stop shop for anyone interested in the development of the pandemic. So, to follow through on that sentiment, I've been compiling graphs and articles to create monthly updates/analyses on the year 2020. This will be broken up into 3 sections: Macroeconomics Data, Impact on Industry, and Financial Markets. I'm currently thinking about how to format these pages in a presentable way, so I'll be playing around with Weebly page designs.
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Potential Second Mentor11/3/2020 It is entirely possible that I might ask Mr. Bodley to be my second mentor. Since he learned about my project, we've been exchanging sources and having conversations after class. I'll have to ask if this is possible because it would be really nice to share this project with him.
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Fall Updates11/3/2020 Since I missed the entirety of October, I have a lot to update on. First and foremost, I got officially accepted as a Fellow! This is pretty exciting and I look forward to completing this project. Of course, with this acceptance meant that I needed to present my project to the school, which, in all honesty, didn't go as well as I had hoped. Though I wrote my speech, I bobbled my words and didn't sound quite as professional as I'd hoped. Next time, I will stick to small notes and off the cuff speaking (the style I'm most accustomed to).
On a different note, I met with Mr. Meyer to discuss my Fall Semester 40%. Right now, I'm just writing as much as I can, exploring different topics that reached prominence over the last year. My favorite one so far has been tracking the tweets and speeches of politicians in regards to their response to the pandemic. Very often, many assign blame on a federal level but overlook the state and local level, which is where most of the most useful and reasonable actions are done. Overall, I've just been enjoying writing this book and researching different topics.
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Bumps in the Road11/3/2020 The last month has been a bit difficult with a few bumps in the road that obstruct progress. First on the top of that list is my realization that not only does my iPad not allow for journaling, its file uploads are not in the appropriate format. So from now on, all my work on this website will be done from a desktop. Second on my list is my ability to archive and document my research. Using my personal Google account to go through my search history has been a bit problematic, as the non-Fellows related videos obstruct my search for Fellows related material. To resolve this issue, I've created a new account specifically for this project so I can more easily transcribe my sources into my archives. Finally, I've had a lot of difficulty getting interviews. Though I've reached out to quite a few people, I've either gotten no response or have been told that they were unavailable. Though these issues have been sources of frustration, it feels good to have them now rather than later down the road.
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