Healthcare Startups: The Future of Healthcare Access
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge gaps in access to healthcare, especially in marginalized communities. Could healthcare tech startups be a potential solution to the holes within the U.S. healthcare system? This article examines the opportunities and challenges that these startups face in navigating the complex healthcare landscape.Continue Reading
The Streaming Wars
The future of streaming is highly uncertain, with a few contenders vying for dominance, and a slew of others looking to carve out a niche. Overall, Netflix appears to be in the driving seat to be the dominant player in the market, but this doesn’t necessarily justify its valuation, particularly with younger services like Disney Plus growing at astronomical rates.Continue Reading
The Housing Shuffle During the Pandemic
In mega-cities like New York and Los Angeles, housing has reached absurd price levels. Recently, a rotation out of urban sprawls into suburban neighborhoods has taken place. For Cal students, they must decide whether or not to stay in the confines of high-cost cities post-graduation.Continue Reading
Impact Investing: A form of “Guilt Capital” or a quest for Real Returns?
In the past decade, impact investing has seen an exponential increase in emerging markets such as India, China, Philippines, and Vietnam – regardless of the risks involved. In this article, our Economic columnist attempts to identify the true driver of impact investment – a commercial opportunity for returns; or a Gen Zer’s guilty conscience? Continue Reading
Race to Replace Hong Kong
Disrupted by unstable democracy protests and an unprecedented National Security Law, Hong Kong’s position as Asia’s favored financial hub is under threat like never before. Investing Columnist Leo Wang investigates the increasingly bleak future of “Asia’s World City” and the hopeful cities vying to replace her.Continue Reading
Your Alexa Could Be the Cause of Economic Disruption
Virtual assistant software is now considered one of the most sophisticated and fastest-growing technologies of our time. Becoming more prevalent than ever before, the tech giants have jumped on the bandwagon to take the lead in this promising market.Continue Reading
EV Evolution
The future is electric, not just for Tesla. Investing Columnist Leo Wang investigates the increasingly internationalized and volatile EV market—one that is undoubtedly hungry to innovate, grow, and profit. Continue Reading
Going back to the roots: a look into the future of the wellness industry
“Self-care” has been touted as the cure-all to the anxiety we are feeling during this pandemic, but it is far from being the silver bullet to physical and mental ails.Continue Reading
A Road to Nowhere
With people slowly heading back to work, it is worth examining America’s struggling public transportation systems. How do we get back on track? Continue Reading
Solving the World’s Debt Crisis, Can International Collaboration Solve a Monetary Spiral?
What happens when entire countries can no longer pay their debts in the 21st century? Is the international economy strong enough to handle dozens of insolvent countries—especially in the middle of a global pandemic? This article explores how countries became indebted before and during COVID-19 and whether the current strategy of sovereign debt reduction is an effective way to stabilize countries in the midst of a public health crisis.Continue Reading