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CORNERSTONE from Praxis: A Writing Center Vol.19 No.1

(Praxis, 2022) Green, Neisha Anne; Condon, Frankie

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Effects of Waste Paper Additions on Sludge Filtration Characteristics

(University of Texas at Austin, 1968-01-05) Carden, C.A.; Malina, J.F. Jr

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Financial Markets Functioning Well in a Pandemic

(2020-03-15) Bauguess, Scott W.

NCAA officials did their part in addressing COVID-19 fears, but cancelling the 64-team tournament didn’t extinguish March Madness. It is alive and well in financial markets. Each day delivers upsets and unexpected developments, leaving commentators struggling to keep up with their recycled vocabularies. Superficial headlines abound. Markets reel. Stocks plunge. S&P gives back gains. Trillions wiped out. Investors riled. It is hard to find information of substance. Like being on the scene of a tragic accident, onlookers can’t get beyond the surface images. Perhaps the most intelligent thing I’ve read all week came, aptly, from the WSJ’s Intelligent Investor columnist Jason Zweig. He reminded his audience of enduring good advice from Warren Buffet’s mentor, Benjamin Graham. [1] Buy-and-hold investors shouldn’t be spooked by down markets. Sharp price declines provide an opportunity to buy wisely. And if you are trying to time the market (a.k.a., a speculator), be forewarned that in games of chance, casinos are the winners. All of this trading is great for market-makers on Wall Street. It is likely that the news driving markets could get worse as the “what-if” tree grows. The economic and social consequences of the recently announced travel ban and unprepared healthcare system is the current focus. I worry most about a potential leadership crisis. Imagine an election year where candidates face significant mortality risk. The coronavirus has shown to play favorites among the aged, which includes three presidential candidates and septuagenarian leaders of Congress. And some of them have revealed they may already be infected with hubris … about the risks. But prospects aren’t entirely bad. Financial markets have actually handled the pandemic remarkably well. As we head into a new week of market uncertainty, there are several reason to be optimistic about their continued resiliency.

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Industry Level Baseline Risk of COVID-19 Infection

(2020-07-19) Canaan, Taylor J.; Carvalho, Carlos; Lowery, Richard

We present an industry classification–level model of economic activities in terms of (1) risk of the novel coronavirus spread and (2) economic contribution for the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area. Our measure combines various categories of activities that seem to lead to viral spread. We think these measures will provide useful information about how to ease current lockdowns and how to more efficiently put in place future lockdowns if they are needed.