Immigration and Economy President Trump Policy Safe?

Economic growth can not come without appropriate population composition, because we can produce products using robots but robots do not consume product. Using more robots can increase production but not consumption. If there is less consumption, then there will be less production i.e. GDP. So population is an important factor for economic growth. President Trump’s recent remarks about US immigration policy cast a doubt about US economic growth, and this research suggests a change in immigration policy for economic growth. To achieve economic growth goal, US needs higher birth rate than now. Under the current socio-economic condition, high birth rate is not expected. So, healthy population composition through appropriate immigration policy is the only solution to achieve GDP growth goal

Trade War: GDP vs GNP Developing vs Developed countries

GDP and GNP both try to measure the market value of all goods and services produced for final sale in an economy. The difference is how each term interprets what constitutes the economy. GDP refers to and measures the domestic levels of production in a country. It represents the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time. GNP measures the levels of production of all the citizens or corporations from a particular country working or producing in any country. Therefore, it includes the compensation and investment income received by nationals working or investing abroad. More closed economy impact negatively more on GDP. We see how New Trade War impact to GDP and GNP on developed and developing countries differently

Gold as Deflation Fighter? Its Past, Present, and Future

Current super-low interest rates and massive money supply in US and Europe may cause inflation in the future. Historically, gold has been used as a hedge against inflation. During the run up in to its peak price in 1980, gold was chasing the inflation rate as investors feared that their purchasing power was going to be destroyed by runaway prices. What they didn`t realize was that the inflation rate had already peaked above 13% at least a year prior to gold and it continued to fall until 1986 where it has remained in a corridor between 0% and 6% ever since

Risk, Return and Forecast Negative Correlation of BETA and PE

We all want to forecast returns. Profits are the main sources of corporate valuation increase and price earnings ratio has been widely used to select stocks. Half of the US corporate profits come from international sales and that also depends on currency rate, too. This research re-visits traditional PE ratio approach and propose new implication of PE ratio approach using risk consideration

New Virtual Currency Bitcoin Its Past, Present, and Future

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced in 2009 by developer Satoshi Nakamoto. Unlike other currencies, Bitcoins are created by solving math puzzles called mining. There are finite number of bitcoins – 21 million – and All are expected to be mined by 2014. In a key development in 2011, BitPay, a payment processor that allows e-commerce merchants to accept bitcoins, begins operating. BitPay allows both users and senders to remain anonymous by transferring bitcoins between digital wallets that can be set up on computers and mobile phones. The program tracks each bitcoin to prevent counterfeiters

Energetic mixing of anti-SNAP25 on lipid monolayers: degree of saturation of C18 fatty acids

In our study, various mixtures of C18 fatty acids with different degrees of saturation in their hydrocarbon chain, namely stearic acid (SA), oleic acid (L1), linoleic acid (L2), and linolenic acid (L3), and a polyclonal antibody, anti-synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP25) (AS25), have been investigated using the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique accompanied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging. The cis-double bonds in unsaturated lipids (L1, L2, and L3) have kinks in their molecular conformation and thus could not pack as tightly and uniformly as SA. The bends and kinks in the molecular structure may interfere with the packing of the lipid monolayer which will promote fluidity as shown in the analyzed compressibility modulus (Cs−1) data. The negative values of Gibbs free energy of mixing (ΔGmix) of C18 fatty acids/AS25 confirm the spontaneity interaction of AS25 molecules on the monolayers. The amount of AS25 incorporated into the monolayer strongly affected the thermodynamic properties of the lipid monolayers. AFM surface roughness analyses also indicate that AS25 molecules are strongly bounded on the surface membrane as predicted by the obtained energetic data. In comparison to all C18 fatty acids studied, the strongest intermolecular interaction is observed in L1 at the investigated ranges. In particular, at mole ratio of 26:1, the most negative ΔGmix is observed at L1. Thus, we can draw the conclusion that AS25 is best mixed with L1. This L1/AS25 ratio mimicking a half bilayer membrane serves as a very useful reference in preparing fatty-acid nanoimmunoliposomes as the targeted drug-delivery vehicles for cancer therap

A Note on Canonical Transforms Representing SL₂ (2, R), a Two-Fold Covering of SL (2, R), in L² (R)

Canonical transforms representing unitarily SL₂(2, R), a two-fold covering of SL(2, R), are explicitly constructed in the form of integral transforms in L²(R) with the main stress laid on the composition of canonical transforms

Behavioral Finance & SNS GameStop case

Recent stock market turmoil can not be explained by traditional finance theory. Values of stocks have been linked to earnings. But current stock price movements are not closely linked to earnings in some cases. This study investigate the links between stock price movements and non earning factors. This study finds several behavioral factors like short selling ratios, SNS movements and derivative securities like call options are closely related to current stock market movements

New Fundamental Analysis Revisited Buffett-Graham-Dodd

Fundamental Analysis has been the core of investing many years. One of the most important and popular measure is Price-Earning ratio, which measure the stock price is over-valued or under-valued. But recent change in investing world needs to modify traditional Fundamental Analysis. This Price/Earning ratio is commonly used by former Fed chairman Greenspan and Nobel laureate Shiller to value over/under priced stock valuation

Development of next generation Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccines conferring broad protection

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen causing pneumonia with over 2 million deaths annually, especially in young children and the elderly. To date, at least 98 different pneumococcal capsular serotypes have been identified. Currently, the vaccines for prevention of S. pneumoniae infections are the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide-based vaccine (PPV23) and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV10 and PCV13). These vaccines only cover some pneumococcal serotypes and are unable to protect against non-vaccine serotypes and unencapsulated S. pneumoniae. This has led to a rapid increase in antibiotic-resistant non-vaccine serotypes. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop new, effective, and affordable pneumococcal vaccines, which could cover a wide range of serotypes. This review discusses the new approaches to develop effective vaccines with broad serotype coverage as well as recent development of promising pneumococcal vaccines in clinical trials. New vaccine candidates are the inactivated whole-cell vaccine strain (∆pep27∆comD mutant) constructed by mutations of specific genes and several protein-based S. pneumoniae vaccines using conserved pneumococcal antigens, such as lipoprotein and surface-exposed protein (PspA). Among the vaccines in Phase 3 clinical trials are the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, PCV-15 (V114) and 20vPnC. The inactivated whole-cell and several protein-based vaccines are either in Phase 1 or 2 trials. Furthermore, the recent progress of nanoparticles that play important roles as delivery systems and adjuvants to improve the performance, as well as the immunogenicity of the nanovaccines, are reviewed