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Ask the Experts – Weining Bao

Wallethub – Q: When does it make sense to consider a credit card with a triple-digit annual fee?

My test is simple. If you need a spreadsheet to convince yourself the fee is worth it, then it is not. If you take a couple of trips a year, you are paying for the benefits you keep forgetting to use.

Q: In your opinion, what type of person should get a card like The Platinum Card from American Express?

I think the card is for people who live in airports. Frequent flyers, consultants, anyone whose company reimburses the fee anyway. Lounge access genuinely changes how travel feels once you use it every week.

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Ask the Experts – Weining Bao

Wallethub – Why have car insurance premiums been increasing over the past years?

There are multiple reasons for this. Real factors: The cost of repairing vehicles has increased (for example, electric vehicles could be more expensive to repair than traditional gas-powered cars). There has also been an increase in the number of accidents and other risk factors, all of which raise the real cost of providing car insurance.

Nominal factors: Since premiums are quoted in dollars (or in money), inflation also drives up the dollar (or money) amounts needed for coverage, contributing to premium increases.

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New Business School Faculty for 2019

Portraits of Yiming Qian, Miao Bai, Nina Xu, Stefan Hock, Chen Liang, and Weining Bao with the text "Welcome New Faculty."
Top row, left to right: Yiming Qian (Finance), Miao Bai (OPIM), Nina Xu (Accounting). Bottom row, left to right: Stefan Hock (Marketing), Chen Liang (OPIM), Weining Bao (Marketing). (UConn School of Business)

The School of Business is welcoming 10 new faculty members this fall, including Yiming Qian, a full professor, who will chair the new Toscano Family Chair in Finance. Continue Reading