Tag: Finance
Inclusivity is In: Women on Wall Street at Berkeley Redefines Excellence
May 21, 2024
“Exclusivity is not a prerequisite to excellence.” I was seated in Caffe Strada with Abby Copeland, Berkeley Junior and President and Founder of the on-campus club ‘Women on Wall Street at Berkeley’, when she made this statement.…
How Math Makes Billions Every Day: Inside the World of Quantitative Finance
March 11, 2024
As of late at UC Berkeley, there has been a buzz all about a specific industry, especially amongst computer science students at the University. Many students, including myself, keep talking about wanting to be a “Quant”; but to many unfamiliar…
The Case Against Financial Algorithms
February 13, 2023
In a recent survey conducted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., asking “institutional and professional traders” what they believed would have the biggest impact on the financial markets in the coming years, AI won by a large majority. But is this a…
Humans of Haas: Nathan Setokusumo
April 19, 2022
Nathan is a sophomore international student studying business administration as well as economics. He is involved in Phi Beta Lambda, which is a business organization, where he serves on the finance committee. Naturally, he’s interested in a…
2021: Year of the SPAC
January 24, 2022
In 2021, a record-breaking 613 SPAC IPOs were filed, 247% greater than last year’s 248. Among these SPAC IPOs were major companies spanning industries from fintech like SoFi to healthcare insurance like Clover Health to quantum computing like IonQ…
Humans of Haas: Zaheer Ebtikar
October 12, 2020
Written by Michael Xia. Zaheer Ebtikar is a Class of 2020 Berkeley Haas graduate. His passion for finance and the macro landscape are his main motivating factors to pursue his role as Partner at Immutable Capital, a proprietary hedge fund focused on…
Humans of Haas: Stephanie Pham
April 08, 2020
Why did you decide to study business at Haas? Before coming into college and transferring to Berkeley, I was set on molecular cell biology at UCSD, and I didn’t like it. There are certain things that click in your head and don’t when you go to…
