Next Avenue – Nearly 20 months into the pandemic, Connecticut’s retail economy remains stuck in limbo, not falling back, but not moving forward with the kind of gusto that suggests one of the state’s key economic drivers is once again firing on all cylinders.
Finance
Commencement Feature: Kelly Finn ’21 (BUS)
UConn Today – Why did you choose UConn?
As a first-generation college student, I committed to UConn after receiving an offer to attend on a merit-based, full-ride scholarship, the Day of Pride scholarship.Continue Reading
Experts: COVID vaccine’s sense of security could cause risky behavior
The Test Drive
Finance Experts, Rookies Watch Cautiously As Reddit Users Snap Up GameStop Stock
UConn Today – When adjunct finance professor Jeffrey Annello ’10 (BUS) met with his students Wednesday night, everyone wanted to talk about GameStop stock, which had soared more than 17-fold in the previous two weeks.
Spurred on by a Reddit message board, small investors snapped up shares of the retailer, spurring an investment frenzy. But what was the logic behind it? GameStop has been floundering, with only one profitable quarter in the last six. Gamers have been skipping brick-and-mortar stores and purchasing entertainment online.Continue Reading
CT Residents Brace for a Lump of Coal in Their Stockings
CT economy will struggle until at least 2030 to recover from COVID, UConn report warns
Young people and people of color have become unemployed at disproportionate rates amid the pandemic
UConn Journalism – Nearly 80 percent of registered voters say the economy is an important issue, according to an August 2020 Pew Research Center study. In the same study, 88% of President Donald Trump’s supporters ranked the economy as “very important,” the most of any of the issues they asked about.