What Changes Do You Want in Our Current Educational System?
In my opinion, the core problem lies with how we assess students. It’s always based on “how much can you memorize X amount of stuff and write it neatly?”- there is no assessment of skill here. This system is so one dimensional that students with other types of skills are getting excluded. I think the assessment of a student should be based on a variety of activities given to students. It needs to foster the talent of the students rather than forcing them to memorize a whole bunch of stuff.
What Changes Do You Want in Our Current Educational System?
In my opinion, the core problem lies with how we assess students. It’s always based on “how much can you memorize X amount of stuff and write it neatly?”- there is no assessment of skill here. This system is so one dimensional that students with other types of skills are getting excluded. I think the assessment of a student should be based on a variety of activities given to students. It needs to foster the talent of the students rather than forcing them to memorize a whole bunch of stuff.
Spiking bond yields driving sharp losses in tech stocks
A spike in interest rates since the start of the year has accelerated a rotation out of high-growth technology stocks and into value stocks poised to benefit from a reopening of the economy. The Nasdaq has fallen more than 10% over the past month as the Dow has soared to record highs, with a spike in the 10-year US Treasury yield acting as the main catalyst. It recently surged to a cycle high of more than 1.60% after starting the year below 1%. But according to Jim Paulsen, the Leuthold Group's chief investment strategist, rising interest rates do not represent a long-term threat to the stock market. Paulsen expects the 10-year yield to cross 2% by the end of the year.
A spike in interest rates and its impact on the stock market depends on the economic backdrop, according to Paulsen. Rising interest rates amid a strengthening economy "may prove no challenge at all for stocks," Paulsen said.
That growth environment will include rising inflation and interest rates. Those upward shifts naturally accompany healthy growth periods as the demand for resources, products and services rise. Importantly, the Federal Reserve has laid out the rationale for not interfering with that natural growth transition.It's not exactly a fad, but there is a widespread willingness to pay up for a growth story. Classic fundamental analysis takes a back seat. Even negative earnings are ignored. In fact, positive earnings seem to be a limiting measure, producing the question, "Is that all you've got?" The preference is a vision of untold riches when the exciting story plays out as expected.
