By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – What’s the best way to teach college students about the stock market? Give them $100,000 and the freedom to invest that money however they’d like. That’s the idea behind the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s William Bauhard Student Managed Investment Fund. The program, launched in 2014, turns business students into portfolio managers who work together to research, analyze and purchase securities using the knowledge they’re gaining in … [Read more...]
UNK students take second in stock pitch competition
CHICAGO – Three University of Nebraska at Kearney students placed second at a collegiate stock pitch competition in Chicago. Tristan Crook of Kearney, Madisson Whalen of Geddes, South Dakota, and Adam Starr of Mullen, all seniors at UNK, competed in the event during the sixth annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference hosted Oct. 4-5 by Indiana State University’s Scott College of Business. Schools were invited to participate in stock pitch competitions that included … [Read more...]
