Budding financial analysts put their knowledge into practice.

At no time in recent history has prudent investing been more important. A group of students in the College of Business Administration will try their hand at the process using real money—thanks to generous donors—and under the guidance of an eleven-person advisory board composed of members of the business community.

“The board will ask tough questions of the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) members and will decide which investments should be made,” said Helen Simon, director, Capital Markets Lab (CML), who also will have a say in the purchases.

At the end of each year, half the profits will revert to the fund and half will go toward the support of the CML on whose resources—including staff members and financial software—the students rely for their research. Read more.

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