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By Rodney Johnson | December 9, 2014 | Economy & Markets
When students don’t organize their college years very well, who ends up footing the bill?
My son, a college junior, recently registered for the spring semester. As he described his upcoming classes to me, I had one question. When will you graduate? His answer of, “In 2016, I think,” was uninspiring.
He arrived at college with 26 credits earned through Advanced Placement classes in high school. The idea that he might not get the other 94 credits of required courses to graduate in four years, even though he has been taking 12 to 15 hours per semester, put me on edge. But it’s not entirely his fault.
The university has no vested interest in him graduating on time since it earns hefty fees and tuition as long as he is on campus. Besides, he’s an out-of-state student, so he pays more than locals.
If he’s paying more and staying longer, what’s not to love?
According to a study released by the non-profit Complete College America (CCA), 19% of students at non-flagship public universities complete a bachelor’s degree in four years, whereas at flagship public universities the percentage is still an appalling 36%. CCA sites a number of reasons why this might be so, including too many choices presented to students and the lack of transferability of credits when students switch universities.
These sound like valid points, but from personal experience, I know of another reason — the schools don’t set out programs and paths that ensure students are tracking for a four-year stay.
隨著美國總統歐巴馬終於下令發動空襲並為伊拉克北部難民空投食品和救災物資，世界終於對伊斯蘭國（Islamic State）採取了行動。在幾個月內，這一不久前仍自稱伊拉克和敘利亞伊斯蘭國（Islamic
State in Iraq and Syria）的聖戰組織已經控制了兩國的大部，並在此建立了其所謂的新哈里發帝國。但恐懼伊斯蘭國的真正原因並非其對暴力行為，而是該組織成員用冷血的方式掃蕩該地區的社會、文化和人口歷史。
Sanjeev
Sanyal is Deutsche Bank’s Global Strategist and a World Economic Forum Young
Global Leader. He is the author ofThe Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a
Thousand Years of Decline(Penguin,
2008) andLand of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's
Geography(Penguin,
2012).
$93.89 was where Alibaba stock closed its first day of trading Friday.
The stock traded as high as $99.70 before drifting lower to finish the day...
By Greg Guenthner, Sept 22, 2014
It's off to the races!
All eyes were on Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Friday morning as the record-breaking IPO finally started trading. Thanks to order imbalances, the exchange delayed the opening of trading for more than two hours. But even with the extra wait, investors impatiently gobbled up shares...
Early Friday morning, it looked as if BABA would begin trading around $80. That was moved to $83. Then, they raised it again. All told, the offering price ticked higher nearly a dozen times before BABA finally started trading. And when the stock started moving, you could see just how strong demand really was...
About 100 million shares of BABA exchanged hands during the first 20 minutes of trading, according to multiple reports. By the end of the day, more than 270 million shares had traded.
Of course, media reports on the IPO almost all touted the demand--and stock's 38% gain from its offering price. While it's true that BABA did jump nearly 40% in its first day of trading, there's no way your average investor captured any of these gains. In fact, if you bought BABA when it first began trading you're actually sitting on a loss right now...
BABA's big opening push actually faded as the day wore on. So if you bought as shares ticked toward $99, you'd be sitting on a loss of about 5% right now--not exactly the huge daytrading gains touted in the IPO-obsessed media reports.
There could be plenty of opportunities to trade Alibaba stock. But only if you're patient. Let's wait for this red-hot name to get some price history under its belt before we consider picking up shares...
Greg Guenthner heads up Agora Financial’s small-cap division and is the founder of one of the only independent OTC research advisories in the industry. A graduate of George Mason University, Guenthner joined Agora in 2005 after several years as a journalist.
After a two-hour delay on Friday morning, Alibaba stock began trading at $92.70 a share, well above its IPO price of $68 a share, giving the company a market cap of nearly $230 billion. That puts Alibaba value significantly above Amazon's market valuation, a company it's often compared to, and on par with Facebook.
Alibaba raised $21.8 billion from its public offering, making it the largest U.S. IPO of all time and further establishing the company as a giant on the world stage. The company is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock ticker "BABA." Alibaba's market cap is larger than all tech companies,
except for Apple, Google and Microsoft
Image: FactSet
Jack Ma, the founder behind the Chinese ecommerce giant, flashed the thumbs up sign to onlookers as he entered the historic stock exchange to kick off the first day of trading for his company. Once inside the exchange, Ma took pictures with reporters and talked up his long, improbable journey from English teacher to the richest man in China, which started with his discovering the Internet in Seattle nearly 20 years ago.
At one point, Ma exhibited some of his characteristic quirkiness by telling CNBC that his hero is Forrest Gump. "The hero I had was Forrest Gump," Ma said in the interview, to the shock of his interviewers, one of whom asked if Ma knew Gump was a fictional character. "I really like that guy," Ma continued. "I've been watching that movie for about 10 times. Every time when I'm frustrated, I watch the movie. And I watched movie before I came here."
However, when it came time to ring the bell to kick off the trading day, Ma decided to watch from the sidelines. Instead, a group of eight customers rang the bell, highlighting Alibaba's focus on the customer.
"Who are the people we should be thankful? We say we thank the customers. We thank the young - it's the people. It's not us," Ma told Bloomberg TV on Friday. "So that's why we put the young people there and the customers because we believe after 15 years the purpose of working so hard is that we want to make these people successful because when they're successful our success is a result."
Over the years, Ma has repeatedly emphasized that it's the customers who come first, followed by employees and only then shareholders.
"I have said on numerous occasions that we will put 'customers first, employees second and shareholders third,'" Ma wrote in a letter to investors, including with Alibaba's IPO paperwork. "I can see that investors who hear this for the first time may find it a bit hard to understand. Let me be clear: as fiduciaries of the company, we believe that the only way for Alibaba to create long-term value for shareholders is to create sustainable value for customers. So customers must come first."
Alibaba's $21.8 billion public offering was far more than the $16 billion that Facebook raised and topped Visa's $17.8 billion IPO, which previously held the title of biggest in U.S. history.
Ref: http://infogr.am/the-largest-us-ipos-ever?src=web
The company is expected to use some of the proceeds from its IPO to fuel a global expansion into the United States and Europe. The public offering will also provide a windfall to Yahoo, which has a 22.4% stake in the company thanks to a $1 billion investment in 2005. That will provide Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer with additional resources for big acquisitions.
Ma founded Alibaba with 18 friends in his one-bedroom apartment in 1999. His goal was to use the Internet to change China and help small businesses in the country connect with markets abroad. Along the way, he butted heads with giants like eBay and was repeatedly called crazy for his vision to build a global ecommerce company.
Alibaba is now the largest ecommerce service in China with 279 million active buyers and $2.54 billion in revenue during the June quarter of this year.
"Well we had a big dinner last night," Ma told Bloomberg TV when asked how he and his cofounders celebrated the IPO. "And everybody cried."
Source: http://mashable.com/2014/09/19/alibaba-ipo-day/ Mashable is a leading source for news, information & resources for the Connected Generation. Mashable reports on the importance of digital innovation and how it empowers and inspires people around the world. Mashable's 34 million monthly unique visitors and 14 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged digital networks in the world.
Did
you know that having top-notch mathematical skills and financial knowledge are
only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to excelling as a financial
professional? Mitch Pisik, who has held numerous senior management positions
including the CEO
role of Beckwell Products and has more than 20
years of experience in business development, operations, and finance, advises
that "the accounting/financial aspect of the job is the floor - not the
ceiling."
In
other words, if you can't perform the other basic functions of your job, you
won't make it. In order to stick around and get ahead in finance, check out the
essential non-financial skills you need to master. (Without some
basic knowledge, you won't get the job. Find out what you need to know and how
to prepare in Top Things To Know For An Investment Banking Interview.) The Non-Financial Skills You Need to Succeed in Finance
1. Communication Skills Financial
professionals can't just be good at crunching numbers - they must be able to
communicate their knowledge with strong speaking, writing and presentation
skills.
Beverly D. Flaxington, author of "7 Steps to EffectiveBusinessBuilding for Financial
Advisors," says that when you are presenting to a board, an investor or a
prospect, you need to know how to convey complex information in a way people
can easily understand. (To learn more, read 7 Courses Finance Students Should Take.) 2. Relationship-Management Skills The people skills you need to succeed as a financial professional
include understanding different personality types, listening, asking the right
questions, resolving conflicts, educating others and counseling clients.
Financial planner Judith
Cane of Ontario-based Antara Financial Group says that success in finance is
"15% technical knowledge and 85% psychology. When people come to see me
it's because they have issues with money. They spend too much, they don't save
anything or they save everything." What clients often need, therefore, is
an unbiased advisor who can understand their needs and help them make financial
decisions.
Managing relationships is key whether you're dealing with subordinates,
co-workers, bosses or people outside your company. When people trust you, like
you and feel that you respect them, they will want to help you succeed, whether
it's by speaking highly of you, promoting you or signing up to be your client. (For more on the importance of relationship-building, see
Small Business: It's All About Relationships.) 3. Marketing and Sales Skills Robert L. Riedl, director of wealth
management for Sumnicht Associates in Appleton, Wisconsin, says financial
professionals need to be able to market their professional skills and knowledge
to prospects in their niche markets. To do so, it's imperative to have a
complete understanding of both your personal strengths and your firm's
professional strengths.
He further advises that in marketing yourself to clients, you shouldn't just
communicate how much you know, but also how much you care, because "the
client's most valuable assets and their biggest daily concern is not their
monetary wealth, but rather their family." Clients want to know that you
can help them manage their money to best provide for their family's long-term
needs. (For more on marketing in financial
careers read The Marketing Director's Pitch and Generational Marketing: Harvest The Whole Family Tree.) 4. Project Management Ability,
Organizational Skills and Attention to Detail Any task that takes more than a few
minutes is essentially a project - one that you'll need to manage effectively
to be profitable. You'll need to efficiently and effectively schedule your
time, manage budgets, meet deadlines and get what you need from other people in
time to complete your project successfully.
Both during and after any project, staying organized and paying attention to
detail are also key.
Corporate finance professional Myles Wolfe says, "For any analytical project,
someone will usually have questions about the inputs and assumptions. If you
can't deliver timely backup information, even if it is 100% accurate, people
will question the accuracy of the final output."
He says it's critical to have both your electronic files and hard copies
organized to access information quickly. You might get asked a question months
after your initial analysis by a CFO
who needs the information in 30 minutes for a conference call.
"Especially in the financial world, sloppiness is intolerable," he
says.
5. Problem-Solving Skills You will always encounter problems in
any job, and being able to solve them rather than cracking under pressure is
essential.
To get ahead, it can also be helpful to look beyond your own personal
responsibilities. Pisik advises that by helping your coworkers solve their
problems rather than simply reporting them to upper management, you'll be
viewed as a team player.
"People will gravitate toward you and your career will flourish," he
says.
6. Technological Savvy No matter where you work, you will need
to be proficient with computer hardware and software and able to pick up new
programs related to your job quickly.
The more shortcuts, keys, programs and functions you know in Excel, the better
off you will be in finance. You should also get familiar with marketing and
communication software tools. (Swimming in a
sea of numbers? Find out how to crunch them quickly! Check out Microsoft Excel Features For The Financially Literate.) 7. Tenacity and Ethics A competitive personality, passion for
your work and the stamina to work long hours and go above and beyond what's
expected of you and what your co-workers and competitors are doing are all
crucial to success in finance. At the same time, you can't be so competitive
that you make poor choices, or your career and reputation will suffer.
Kevin R. Keller, CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards,
says that adhering to a set of ethical standards such as those required of certified
financial planners (CFPs) is crucial to rebuilding the trust that
has been broken by financial scandals.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards' Standards of
Professional Conduct requires CFPs to provide professional services with
integrity, objectivity, competence, fairness, confidentiality, professionalism
and diligence. Anyone who works in finance would be wise to hold himself or
herself to principles such as these. (For
more food for thought on ethics in finance, read Ethical Issues For Financial Advisors and 8 Ethics Guidelines For Brokers.) Anticipation Looking ahead to what bosses or clients
will need from you in the immediate or even the distant future will help you
rise to the top. It's not enough to just solve the day-to-day challenges of
your job; you must be able to think long term. Consider the following:
What
skills can you develop and what accomplishments can you put under your
belt that will get you rehired if you are laid off, land you a promotion
at your current company or get your foot in the door at another company?
How
can you make your boss's life easier by anticipating what he or she will
need from you tomorrow, next week or next month and taking care of it
ahead of time?
How
can you develop relationships with your clients by paying close attention
to their situations? For example, if you notice that the woman who has
come to you for help managing an inheritance is pregnant, realizing that
she could need help saving and investing for her child's college
education, updating her will and possibly creating a trust can help you create a long-term
business relationship with that client.
Putting It All Together: Wisdom and Interpretation Los Angeles-based writing consultant Elizabeth B. Danziger, founder of
Worktalk Communications Consulting and author of "Get to the Point!",
says, "Clients of financial-service professionals are looking for more
than knowledge and numbers: They're looking for wisdom and
interpretation."
By combining your ability to analyze numbers with skills like communication,
project management and relationship development, you'll emerge as a leader and
position yourself to rise to the top of your field. (Experience
and hard work go a long way toward securing a position in this challenging
field. See 10 Steps To A Career In Hedge Funds.)Bottom of Form
Amy Fontinelle is a financial
journalist and editor for a variety of websites, public policy organizations,
and book publishers. She has written hundreds of published articles and blog
posts on topics including budgeting, credit management, real estate and
investing. Her articles have been featured on the homepage of Yahoo! and on
Yahoo! Finance, Forbes.com, SFGate.com and numerous local news websites.
If you're lucky
enough to be a specialist in your field, you're ahead of the curve. Whether
you're a marketer, accountant, writer, artist or engineer, you're more
competitive with a refined skill-base. Beyond knowing the language and general
trends of your trade, you need to be able to produce something of high value
and economic necessity. Give yourself a competitive advantage by augmenting your
talents with a new skill
Mobile App Creation This innovative and growing field is an area where comparatively few people
specialize, and it is a niche that can support a variety of skill sets. At face
value, the strongest demand seems to exist for programmers and developers;
however, in actuality, product design incorporates a range of talents. To
succeed, a stellar mobile app needs expertise from writers, marketers and
people who are visually inclined. No matter your niche, you can find a
complementary specialty in this field.
Web Development The Internet industry is one field
where creative talents are in high demand. If you're an artist or writer, you
may notice that there is plenty of opportunity to find work that is high in
demand. If you develop a range of technical skills, you'll be able to see the
bigger picture. If you're a graphic designer, blogger or writer, you'd benefit
from learning a programming language for the web.
Blogging
No matter your area of expertise, the ability to blog is valuable. For
instance, you could contribute to an influential blog in your industry – quite
possibly for compensation. You can also maintain your own blog to attract
prospective clients and employers. Beyond functioning as a networking tool,
blogging can help you reflect upon and organize your insights.
Data Analysis With the growth in online shopping, social media, advertising and mobile
development, the Internet is creating new windows of opportunity to analyze
data. No matter your job function and industry – whether you are an artist,
writer, healthcare professional or something else entirely, a solid
understanding of data will give you a competitive edge in your role. You don't
need to be a data expert, but strive to have an understanding beyond basic
percentages to evaluate nuances and presentation strategies.
Coding The value of programming stems beyond
the fields of software development and engineering. By learning a programming
language, you will become a more efficient marketer or financial analyst. While
you don't need to learn these techniques to perform your job function, you'll
only serve to gain a competitive advantage by diversifying your skill set. At
the very least, you'll develop a core understanding of the communication skills
that you need to collaborate cross-functionally, outside of your department or
main area of expertise. No matter how you apply your coding skills, you'll be
in a position to perform tasks more efficiently.
Networking Today's most successful organizations thrive on the combined expertise of
many types of people. Whether or not you realize it, strong networks make you
exponentially more valuable. If you need help or if you need to find someone to
help you accomplish a goal, you can always rely on your network to help you
find the answer. As you grow in your career, your network will give you the
competitive edge that you need when job-hunting for a high-paying position.
The Bottom Line If none of these options appeal to you, look at market trends to see where
needs exist and skills are highest in demand. Then, work on building that
skill. With practice, you'll become proficient enough to increase your market
worth in any job function. After all, when you perform more efficiently, you
increase your ROI.
Based in Los Angeles,
Ritika has lived her entire life in some of the most expensive areas of the United States.
Instead of giving in to high costs of living, she has developed effective
budgeting strategies to help her get the most out of her money, whether she's
shopping for basic necessities or giving in to her ultimate guilty pleasure -
shopping for clothes. Source: www.investopedia.com
To advance
to the next step in your career, it's important that you keep yourself
educated. No matter how bad the economy gets, there will always be a need for
people with strong technical skills; keep yours on the cutting edge and you'll
be able to gain a major advantage over other job seekers. Unfortunately,
attaining new certifications or academic degrees can be prohibitively
expensive.
The good news is if you’re not ready to make a big financial investment, there
are baby steps available to help keep you on your toes. Check out these eight
online options that can help you learn a new skill for free.
1. Mozilla Drumbeat's School of Webcraft
This program gives new meaning to the expression "learn from your
peers". School
of Webcraft is a peer to
peer service that provides free online courses in programming and web
development. Instructors are industry professionals who volunteer to teach
courses, and students can include anyone and everyone. In the past, topics have
included HTML5, FireFox add-on development and introduction to PHP. These web
programming skills are applicable and relevant to today's job market. You can
even recommend courses that you'd like to see.
2. SPSS Video Tutor Jacob Mays is the market researcher who developed SPSS Video Tutor as a
free resource for students and professionals who are struggling to learn this
high-demand software. For those who are unfamiliar with SPSS, the program is
widely used in consulting, market research and academia. While the program
itself is expensive, there is an open source equivalent - PSPP - that has many
of the same functionalities. As long as you're clever and creative, you should
be able to apply the SPSS video tutorials to PSPP as well.
3. YouTube While you might enjoy YouTube for its viral videos, you may not realize how
valuable the service is for educational materials. For instance, if you're
trying to become better-acquainted with Microsoft Excel, you'll likely find
some helpful video resources from amateurs and professional instructors alike.
4. Open Source Software If you've looked at job descriptions recently, you've probably noticed the
demand for skills in various types of software. There's so much software out
there, so it's impossible for one person to master them all. And, while you may
want to teach yourself some programs, you probably don't have the money to
spend to buy and use the software. Instead, find open source equivalents to
your favorite software. For instance, you could look at Open Analytics for web
data. You could also use QGIS as an alternative to ArcGIS, which is a program
for creating maps for various types of research. If you're into statistics, you
can use R instead of SAS if you want to enhance your statistical programming
skills.
In a job interview, being familiar with these open source programs, what they
are and how they work could be enough to help you get a job that involves using
their paid equivalents - even if only because you put in the effort to learn
them.
5. A Library Card Instead of buying books to help you learn new job skills, borrow them.
You'll learn the same skills without spending the extra money.
6. MeetUp.com As an industry professional, you’ve probably come to value your peers -
working as a team can produce amazing results. If you thrive on mentorship and
learning from those around you, you stand to benefit from meeting new people
and expanding your career network. Check out MeetUp.com, a network of local
groups (career and otherwise) to connect with like-minded professionals in your
area. If there isn't a group available where you live yet, consider starting
your own.
The Bottom Line There are plenty of ways to learn and advance your skill set without the
expense of heading back to school. Check out these resources to increase your
competitive edge and value in the job market.
Based in Los Angeles, Ritika has lived her entire life in some of the most expensive areas of the United States. Instead of giving in to high costs of living, she has developed effective budgeting strategies to help her get the most out of her money, whether she's shopping for basic necessities or giving in to her ultimate guilty pleasure - shopping for clothes.
Imagine two millionaires in a
room and assume that their net worth was exactly $1 million including all investments, estates
and assets. Neither person had anything hidden
and both were happily married. The only difference between the two was their
age. One millionaire was 65 years old while the other was 30. Looking outside
of their balance sheets, is one worth more than the
other?
Education
There are a lot of smart people writing about how the value of a college
education may be less than it was, even one generation ago, but that may not be
true. Education not only formally prepares us to work in advanced jobs, it also
exercises our minds and allows us to hold on to our ability to continue
learning. The brain, like the heart, needs exercise and that comes from
education.
Be Well Rounded
Are you an architect who only knows
architecture, a lawyer who doesn't know much more than the law or a carpenter
who can only build? That's dangerous in an economy
that wiped out an unprecedented amount of workers in the real estate and
financial services industry in less than two years. Learn a new position in
your current job or study an entirely new field.
Volunteer
Volunteering not only paints a picture of you as somebody who is
passionate, but also as someone who is seen as trustworthy. Volunteering also
increases your exposure to other people making your professional network
larger. With the busy lifestyles that so many professionals lead, meeting
people has become exceedingly difficult.
Write
People who write about their field of work gain credibility as an expert.
You could publish your work in journals, professional blogs or newspapers
looking to offer advice to your readers. A well written article providing
valuable information that isn't common knowledge will increase your network as
people see you as an expert. It may take a lot of time if writing isn't your
forte, but maybe writing is one of those new skills to learn in your journey to
becoming more well rounded.
Public Speaking
Most careers have some degree of salesmanship where public speaking skills
increase your chances of getting ahead. Learning to speak confidently, intelligently
and in a way that makes people feel comfortable when they're around you is a
key to the next step on your career ladder.
Your job may not require you
to make formal presentations or speak to large groups of people, but every job
requires speaking to others and that is one of the best skills any career
person can cultivate.
Don't Wait
As we learned with the story of the two millionaires, the longer you wait
to get started, the more your human capital decreases. Time is something you
can't control, and as you age you'll become even busier so hiding behind your
business isn't going to get you to your goal. Start today.
Bottom Line
Along with these ideas, remember to take time to enjoy life, make healthy
choices and put family first. We can't work forever, but taking time to enjoy
life recharges you as you continue to raise your human capital.
Tim Parker has a Bachelors and Masters in Education and is the owner of ECS, a company specializing in financial and small business content for print and online media. His work is published on many of the best known media outlets as well as magazines, industry publications, and newspapers. He also runs breakingfinancenews.com and bibledollar.com. He loves all things creative and is passionate about volunteering in the nonprofit sector. Tim lives in Florida where he often sets up a mobile office on the Gulf of Mexico beaches.
The American version of English will probably prevail over
other forms and teachers may have to eventually accept this as inevitable,
former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said on Tuesday.
The growing dominance of the American media would mean that
our population will increasingly be hearing the American version of English, he
said.
Speaking at the official opening of the English Language
Institute of Singapore (Elis), he said that he, too, had been consciously
switching between British and American English on the computer, and that he saw
himself moving towards American English in a nod to the US being 'a dominant
force'.
Teachers might thus do well to accept this trend, and teach
their students to recognise - and even speak - American English, he said.
Accent aside, students will thus use the kind of English
understood by the rest of the English-speaking world, he said.
Educators and MPs at the event agreed that it was important
to teach students here to differentiate between the different forms of English.
Dr Elizabeth Pang, the programme director for literacy
development in the Education Ministry, said it was pragmatic of Mr Lee to
accept that American English had become dominant.
'If you look at English that is in use in society, you have
to embrace different standard varieties of English.'
'It's not a sea change. It's an evolution,' she said, noting
that students are now not penalised for using American English, so long as they
are consistent.
Elis' programme director Ang-Tay May Yin
said: 'If we allow our students to learn different varieties of English, it
will be to their advantage.'
Tampines GRC MP Irene Ng said she believed many teachers and
writers, having an attachment to British English, would likely continue using
it, until 'we're quite convinced that the way to go forward is American
English'.
The chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for
Education, Mr Lim Biow Chuan, said it was still critical to develop students'
ability to communicate their ideas.
Teach
students to recognise American English
Lee Kuan Yew | SingaporeScene -
Yahoo! via @yahoosg
Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew urges Singaporeans to
improve their English. (AFP file photo) One of the challenges ahead for Singapore is to decide whether to adopt British
English or American English, said Singapore's former Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew on Tuesday afternoon. As he urged Singaporeans to do better in
English and to help every child attain higher standards, Lee noted that the
nation, which currently uses British English, will be increasingly exposed to
American English. "The increasing dominance of the American media means
that increasingly our people, teachers and students will be hearing the
American version, whether it is 'potatoes' or 'tomatoes'. They will be the
dominant force through sheer numbers and the dominance of their economy,"
Lee was quoted as saying by Channel NewsAsia. "I believe we will be
exposed more and more to American English and so ...
