Graduate education’s rising costs are currently threatening to transform advanced degrees from viable career advancement routes into privileges reserved for the wealthy. Amid these challenges lies an...
Finance and economics major Jacob Peifer ’25 has figured out how to utilize his passion to serve others.
That passion is investing. Co-founder of the SJU Investing Club, Peifer has been interested...
For two St. Joe’s finance majors, what began as a shared interest in following the financial world has developed into a new club on campus.
Jacob Peifer ’25 and Joseph Vigliotta ’24 founded...
Todd Erkis is a visiting professor of finance at St. Joe’s who writes weekly columns answering students’ financial questions.
This is the final column of this three-part series on taxes. This week,...
Todd Erkis is a visiting professor of finance at St. Joe’s who writes weekly columns answering students’ financial questions.
This column is a continuation of last week’s question about what a college...
Professor Erkis, what will be the next GameStop? I’d like to get some quick profits like that. What do you think about Dogecoin?
It seems like I get asked about this almost every day. Thanks for asking...
My parents have been pushing me to purchase life insurance. They say that it’s important that I am covered, but it seems like a waste of money to me. Professor Erkis, what do you think? Janine R. ’21.
Whenever...
Stock market chaos upends financial world
Over the past few weeks, GameStop has become the focus of one of the greatest Wall Street Cinderella stories ever told.
The famed video game retailer was once...
Car insurance premiums
I pay for my car insurance and the bill seems really high. Is there anything I can do to lower the premium I pay? Thanks. -Mary M. ’21.
Thank you for the question, Mary. Car...
Professor Erkis, I have a full-time job after graduation. They have sent me a bunch of forms to fill out including a tax withholding form, an I-9 form and elections for insurance and a 401(k). Can you...
I have an offer for a full-time job, but the salary is less than I was expecting. I really like the position, but feel I deserve more. Is there anything I can do to get a better offer? Ryan D....
Professor Erkis, the start date of my summer internship at a bank has been pushed back to July 15 and now they are telling me the internship will be unpaid. I don’t have any “real” work experience...
