Matt Lang

Econ Prof #UCSB merge m:m econ ai using blockchain.dta Was @seanseaevans for Halloween 19: Econ Games:

[Sifter Finance @sifterfinance]

We built Sifter so students can learn to invest the way professionals do: portfolio analytics, research, competitions and more. Here is the portfolio section from our 8-minute video, which also analyzes $MSFT on the research page. Free with a school email.

#investing #finance

[Sifter Finance @sifterfinance]

Competition season has started for student investors.

Sifter builds a stock pitch deck from live market data. Pick a company, a time limit and a price target, then refresh or lock the numbers.

Free for every student. https://t.co/FrPNVbU2Ng

#StockPitch #Investing #Finance

[Sifter Finance @sifterfinance]

We introduced Sifter at #SMIFC2026 today. It's one platform for running a student investment fund, with institutional-grade analytics, research, charts and pitch decks, plus a fantasy stock league. Free for any student with a school email. https://t.co/56YGU47WGi #SMIF

[Sifter Finance @sifterfinance]

Last week at #SMIFC2026 we introduced Sifter to a wider audience. Students at more than 30 schools are now on the platform.

Sifter gives every student institutional-grade finance tools at no cost.

Sign up with your school email at https://t.co/FrPNVbU2Ng

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@timevalueofbtc @USCMarshall Definitely! Looking forward to connecting!

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

fun week talking about the macro landscape and hard vs. soft landings during #FOMC week. i asked students if they thought a soft landing was possible...consistent with most economists, no strong leanings! happy to see the balanced views! #nooneknows

here is the #chatgpt summary!

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@airesearchtools Did something similar before an exam…really a good way to study
https://t.co/EFDyvJXRp8

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

enjoying reading responses from our 1st #AI activity:
tell #chatgpt to act like a student and have the user to be a teacher #edtech #AIED
range of opinions
-accuracy/privacy/bias
-can go off topic
-good use of #AI
-better than quizlet/chegg
-job loss fear
-students want to learn

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@EconMathFX @NewsLambert yeah, I'm guessing it's easier to follow the home price-to-mortgage transition when presenting live to my students in class (origin of the figure)

here are some heat maps that show the p+i from mortgage amount/interest rate combos

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

🚀 Bitcoin: Geez, Rick, Bitcoin's like that battery in the Microverse. Just burp drained out. A whopping -75.52% down! Someone must've let Birdperson handle their investments.

🌽 Commodities: Down 7.32%. Kinda like Jerry's chances of ever being useful, eh Morty?

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

if you have any thoughts about true #gamification of education, reach out to us! we're excited to expand the suite of games on the https://t.co/LUOTkRoAnA platform! #edtech #highered #AIED

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

i've been looking to interactively expose students to long-term investing in a 10-week course. most stock simulators encourage short-term trading, which i want to avoid...so we built our own long-term simulator: Investment Odyssey @ https://t.co/LUOTkRoAnA

Here's how it works:

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

we track trades, annual returns and asset draws. (snapshots of trial runs below). leaderboards for highest values and ROIs

bugs to work out, but amazed what can be done with a little coding background + #AI. here's to hoping students learn playing it as as we did making it!🥂

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

enjoying reading responses from our 1st #AI activity:
tell #chatgpt to act like a student and have the user to be a teacher #edtech #AIED
range of opinions
-accuracy/privacy/bias
-can go off topic
-good use of #AI
-better than quizlet/chegg
-job loss fear
-students want to learn

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@jamesagardner yes. focusing on these tools is a poor use of money & resources.

what is the end game? saying they used union money to pay for GPTzero?

AI should help us rethink/improve teaching. instead they are pretending these inaccurate tools will help control it. https://t.co/HZByGJWRZg

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@NewsLambert yep...taught about this throughout the week...used P + I instead of interest rates directly...same story, (slightly) different graphs...not getting positive vibes about the housing market from the next generation...

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@EveAlcock 100% agree. when i search for ideas to incorporate AI into #highered, rarely anything new these days. lots of how to automate the boring parts, but little in the way of utilizing AI to enhance learning from a new angle. fortunate i can go for broke in my class of 500+! #aied

[Matt Lang @EconoMEHics]

@EPBResearch getting ready to show this tmr morning. but added p+i for mortgage of 80% of avg price w/relevant int. rate.

Q3 2023 at 0.54 with a 7% rate. if we cherry pick the data to start in 90, avg. ratio=0.47.

to get to 0.47 at 8%, price needs to drop ~500k to 400k...or rates go to 6%