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Finance
Penn’s 2022 Green Purchasing Award recipients
Penn’s 2022 Green Purchasing Award recipients
Danielle Cavalcanto at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Division of Finance’s Disbursements Department are honored for significant solutions and novel practices for sustainability.
Mark F. Dingfield named VP, Finance and Treasurer at Penn
Mark F. Dingfield named VP, Finance and Treasurer at Penn
Dingfield joined Penn in 2017 as the associate provost for Finance and Planning, and will assume the role of vice president effective Oct. 17.
The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa
The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa
Chad Payne, a second-year student in the Lauder Institute’s Africa Program, talks about his winning speech for this year’s Penn Grad Talks and the potential of Web 3.0 in Africa.
Wharton expert explains the crashing crypto market
Wharton expert explains the crashing crypto market
What does the cryptocurrency crash mean for investors? Wharton expert, Sarah Hammer talks with Penn Today about the digital asset.
The West’s sanctions on Russia
The West’s sanctions on Russia
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, professor of economics and director of the Penn Initiative for the Study of the Markets, discusses the severity of the sanctions, the effects so far, and the potential reverberations for the rest of the globe.
What are non-fungible tokens?
What are non-fungible tokens?
What are NFTs? Sarah Hammer from The Wharton School breaks down the basics of the digital assets.
A beginner’s guide to cryptocurrency
A beginner’s guide to cryptocurrency
What is cryptocurrency? Sarah Hammer from The Wharton School breaks down the basics of the digital currency.
Taking a closer look at cryptocurrency
Taking a closer look at cryptocurrency
Experts across the University share their thoughts on how cryptocurrency has globally transformed businesses, research, and the environment.
David Zaring breaks down the Pandora Papers
David Zaring breaks down the Pandora Papers
Following the leak of the Pandora Papers, detailing both legal and illegal financial transactions, there is bipartisan support of more oversight regarding secret trusts, but establishing international regulation continues to be difficult.
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
It has been a long pandemic, from which the country is still emerging, but the U.S.
In the News
Fast Company
The housing market’s home insurance shock, as told by an interactive map
A paper co-authored by Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School finds that home insurance premiums have risen sharply since 2020, concentrated in disaster-prone ZIP codes and driven by elevated reinsurance costs.
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Business Insider
The fight over Jerome Powell puts Elon Musk at odds with Wall Street
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that virtually every economist and most members of Congress value the independence of the Federal Reserve.
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MarketWatch
Another Trump presidency could be a boon for the dollar — but some expect a bumpy ride
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that a rebellion by the “bond vigilantes” could impede some of the Republicans’ tax-cut agenda.
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CNBC
President-elect Trump is the most pro-stock market president in history: Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School discusses the outcome of the presidential election, its impact on markets and the economy, and the independence of the Federal Reserve.
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Business Insider
Trump could dial back some proposed policies to avoid upsetting a roaring stock market, Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School believes that the new administration will adopt a strong pro-market stance, even at the expense of some of its proposed economic policies.
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The New York Times
Mortgage rates fell, then rose. What comes next?
Lu Liu of the Wharton School says that current housing market distortions might become even more entrenched or persist longer than people had initially thought.
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