LundaEkonom Out & About: Julius Schmidt (Barcelona)
A fortnight before school starts, I arrive at Plaza de Cataluña blissfully unaware of all the troubles of not having rented a room before hand is about to get me into. I walk down Las Ramblas trying to find the hostel I will be staying at during my first couple of days in Barcelona. During…
Alumni: Helena Dolfe
What did your student life look like? ”I took the chance and became an active member in Studentlund from my first day in Lund. I started off as a “förman” at Helsingkrona Nation, before I realised the opportunities that LundaEkonomerna offered. I decided to get involved within the student union after having enjoyed taking part…
The Good Old Days – how change comes relative
Autumn has arrived, and as we are moving closer to winter, darkness occupies more and more of every day. Darkness may also come to mind when thinking about the economy and peoples’ lives. We have a refugee crisis, we have the conflict between Russia and the West, and the extremist movement IS spreads horror all…
A Visit to Moore Stephens
The auditing business is a great place to start off your career when university life is over, and it is of great interest for many students. During the eee-days (among many different companies) some of the biggest auditing firms are present to attract the best people. One of those companies is Moore Stephens. An employer…
Motivation in the Dark
Winter, is approaching fast and darkness settles over Lund. Most people feel like being inside and getting cozy in front of a movie, and drink a warm cup of tea. It is that time of the year when you can enjoy looking out the window at the leaves flying around in the wind and people…
Raging Bull
After the panic-filled August and shaky September, the tide has turned sharply and stocks are once again on the rise. Throughout October, global stock markets rebounded con gusto, the Dow Jones gained an impressive 8 %. In general, US companies performed well in the last quarter, and the big fears surrounding China and the Fed…
Intervju med Unga Aktiesparare
För vissa är det lika självklart som att handla mat, för andra känns det krångligt, svårt och omständigt. Att investera sina pengar och handla på aktiemarknaderna är något alla kan ha nytta av, och oavsett tidigare förkunskaper kan föreningen Unga Aktiesparare vara ett alternativ för den intresserade . Med över 12.000 medlemmar (varav över 400…
The Hunt for Red October
By the time you are reading this, a look out of the window is not likely to be a cheerful one; viewing a dull landscape of grey and brown. However, had you read this piece two weeks earlier that view would likely have been considerably more pleasant. During the latter half of October, a very…
Är mental ohälsa “inne”?
Nådiga Lundtan besökte i oktober Studentafton på AF-Borgen där Ann Heberlein var huvudgästen för kvällens samtal om mental ohälsa. ”Vem vill inte vara som Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf eller Mikael Persbrandt”, säger Ann Heberlein och syftar på att bipolär sjukdom glamouriserats på sista tiden. Hon påpekar att sjukdomen inte alls anses lika glamourös för sjuksköterskan i…
Let us talk about economic indicators
Traditional ways of looking at in which direction the economy is heading includes consumer confidence index, purchasing manager index, housing market, and job creation. Forget the old school way of looking at the economy for a while and consider some slightly more unexpected or unorthodox ways of predicting the economic future. Predicting the future has…
