Year: 2022

Sep
25
2022
By Edward Ding
Financial Greenwashing for Dummies (and other related concepts)

Financial Greenwashing for Dummies (and other related concepts)

All Posts, Sustainability
By Edward Ding Sustainability, ESG, GBPs. What do any of these things actually mean? Before we can get into a discussion about financial greenwashing, we first need to understand the meaning of “green” and a few other ideas. Our first definition is of principles related to ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance. “Environmental” refers to how a business affects the world’s natural resources, especially in terms of climate change; “Social” refers to a business’ relationship to the communities and people that it serves, employs, or coexists with; “Governance” refers to the way a business regulates itself, prevents wrongdoing, and ensures ethical…
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Sep
23
2022
By Iris An
Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

All Posts, Industries
By Iris An 01 What is Bilibili and What Happened to it  Bilibili (BILI), nicknamed B Site, is a Chinese video sharing website famous for the quote “powered by love” 用爱发电 and the danmu (弹幕) system, a form of video comments where scrolling user/viewer messages are posted on top of the video in real time.  Since the mid-2010s, Bilibili has expanded to a broader audience from its original niche market of animation, comics, and games (ACG). With monthly active users (MAU) surpassing 300 million, Bilibili has become one of the most popular Chinese streaming platforms with videos including documentaries, variety…
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Sep
18
2022
By Iris An
India’s Warren Buffett: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away at 62

India’s Warren Buffett: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away at 62

All Posts, Features
By Iris An At dawn on August 14, just as daylight swept over Mumbai, Jhunjhunwala, the veteran trader-cum-investor, known as the Big Bull of Dalal Street, passed away following a cardiac arrest. At the funeral ceremony, Gautam Adani, who had just overtaken Bill Gates and become the world's third richest man in August, expressed his shock and sadness, calling Jhunjhunwala India's “ace investor” and “the most legendary investor that India has had.”  Unprecedentedly for any financial practitioner, India exercised the highest tribute by placing the memorial service for Jhunjhunwala at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE India). Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Sep
13
2022
By Lexi Blakes
Netflix raised prices and customers are upset

Netflix raised prices and customers are upset

All Posts, Industries
By Lexi Blakes Mid-January, Netflix announced it would be raising prices on subscriptions in the U.S and Canada. Netflix offers 3 different plans that can accommodate a variety of television viewers, and all plans have become more expensive in recent months. Currently, the standard subscription price rose to $15.50 per month from $14, the 4K plan rose to $20 per month from $18, and the basic plan (without HD) rose to $10 from $9. Needless to say, customers are upset.  Netflix promised to roll out the new subscription prices gradually for customers who were subscribers prior to the announcement, but…
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Sep
12
2022
By Lexi Blakes
FirstBank and Vanderbilt: Partners into the Future 

FirstBank and Vanderbilt: Partners into the Future 

All Posts, Opinion
By Lexi Blakes If you have been tuning into campus events since the start of the semester, you probably heard of this historic partnership between Vanderbilt University and FirstBank. As of August 29th, 2022, the Vanderbilt Stadium has been renamed “FirstBank Stadium”. This partnership comes with naming rights and a campus collaboration agreement, serving as the first step of the “Vandy United Initiative”. This initiative promises a complete renovation of athletic facilities with renderings of the new tennis center, which will be renamed “Lummis Family Tennis Center”, already available as of September 8, 2022.  There has always been money to…
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Jun
28
2022
By Ron Ye
How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Affecting Food Prices

How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Affecting Food Prices

All Posts, Economy and Government
By: Ron Ye Around the world, food is getting increasingly expensive. The war in Ukraine and COVID-19 are the main factors behind it. COVID-19 has led to supply issues, growing inflation, and labor shortages. This has caused a surge in food prices in 2021 as countries reopened and demand increased. Now, compounded with the war in Ukraine, the rise in food prices has become more noticeable. Russia is now closed off from trade due to sanctions and Ukraine is unable to keep up its food export due to the Russian invasion.  An Analysis The rise in food prices may not…
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Jun
28
2022
By Rohan Upadhyay
The Financial Implications of Divesting

The Financial Implications of Divesting

All Posts, Sustainability
By: Rohan Upadhyay On February 16th, Dores Divest filed a legal complaint - alongside students at Stanford, Yale, MIT, and Princeton - with the Tennessee attorney general to compel Vanderbilt to divest from fossil fuel investments. The complaint invoked the Tennessee Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), which states that nonprofit funds must invest responsibly with regard to the community’s well-being. They argue that Vanderbilt disregards this principle.  To learn more about the motivations, arguments and goals of the complaint, I spoke with Miguel Moravec, a co-founder of Dores Divest. I also spoke with Joshua Doh, a student…
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Jun
12
2022
By Shane Mumma
It’s Time to Actually Reopen The Pub

It’s Time to Actually Reopen The Pub

All Posts, Opinion
By: Shane Mumma Image: Photo taken by Shane Mumma during one of The Pub’s pop-up February 2022 events “It was one of the most popular places on campus,” Vanderbilt Student Government (VSG) Senator and graduating senior Joshua Kayiwa said of The Pub, “Even pre-pandemic, you’d have to order ahead to get your meal. That’s how popular it was.” Colloquially known around campus simply as ‘The Pub,’ The Pub at Overcup Oak above Rand dining hall has become a legend known only to a shrinking portion of the Vanderbilt population. Shuttered since the Spring 2020 semester with the start of the…
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Mar
27
2022
By Sebastian Marrero
China’s Forced Technology Transfer Policy: Takeaways for the Developing World

China’s Forced Technology Transfer Policy: Takeaways for the Developing World

All Posts, Industries
By: Sebastian Marrero Workers in an automobile factory in Beijing, China. China’s economy has historically been an ambitious one. Traditionally focused on  low-value-added, low-wage textiles and clothing manufacturing, China has in recent decades asserted itself as a burgeoning superpower in the global economy. Industries such as semiconductors, information technology, and robotics have seen enormous growth in recent decades due to policies geared towards mixing government planning with elements of private enterprise. Beginning in the early 1980s, ambitious economic reformers like Deng Xiaoping laid a mixed economy foundation that allowed small to medium-sized enterprises to perform robust R&D, onboard foreign talent,…
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