Finance students in the past have participated in national student competitions. They are a great opportunity to practice and further your knowledge and skills you learned in the finance program at PSU. Because not all of you are finance major, grading will be generous as long as you follow the instructions (e.g., number counts for answers). In addition, it’s not a technical assignment. It’s an opportunity to look back and evaluate what you have learned, how they can be useful, and what else you should learn. Remember you chose finance as your major because you like something about finance. Follow your passion and keep learning what excites you, and you will have a bright future ahead of you. This is the last assignment of this course. Thank you for working hard in this course for the past 7 weeks.
Q1 What is the title of the finance student competition you may consider competing? Hint: You may Google search something like “student competitions in finance”. The title of the finance student competition id consider competing in is the National Investment Banking competition.
Q2 Describe the eligibility requirements, if any (e.g., undergraduate college student). Undergraduates and graduates can compete in this competition. They only take 1600 students.
Q3 What are the competition criteria? “Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate in the Investment Banking Case Competition. Competitors will be challenged to apply and develop new skills in financial modeling and pitching based on a real-world simulation of an investment banking transaction(https://corporatefinance.org/community/events/national-investment-banking-competition-nibc/).”
Q4 What is the deadline for the submission? The deadline for the submission is March 13th.
Q5 Why are you interested in this competition? I am a finance major and want to be a financial advisor. I am interested in investment banking.
Q6 What would be a possible project you may turn in for the competition? Describe it in at least 100 words. A possible project that i would turn in for this competition is to create a website where it is easier to understand stocks and the stock market for people who are getting started in investing. This website can also help people with what stock to invest in. It will show all the best projected stocks to invest in. This would help people make wealth for the future. It will show three different tiers of stocks from cheap to more expensive stocks that can help people make money. This website could also project if stocks are going to decrease so people can pull out of them when its safe.
Q7 List things that you learned in financial modeling course that could be helpful for your project in Q6. Describe it in at least 100 words. One thing that i learned from financial modeling that i could use for my project would be coding. We learned basic coding but i can still apply what i know in to creating the website. Another thing i can do that i learned from class is seeing which stock is riskier and who is expected to have the best quarterly returns. This will help determine what stock should be the safest to invest in or keep investing. It also helps to see which stock is to risky to invest in. I can also use standard devuiation to check the risk of the stock.
Q8 List things that you learned in other finance courses at PSU that could be helpful for your project in Q6. Describe it in at least 100 words. One finance course that could help me with this project is personal financial planning. In this course we did learn about stocks and bonds. We learned how to calculate returns and this will help me which stocks that give the best returns. Another finance course that can help me with this project is Financial Management. In this course we learned more in depth of stocks and bonds and we did a project on a company. We learned about their financial history and what its expected stock returns will be in the future. This would help me with the website to ensure that I am giving people the best stocks to invest in.
Q9 Check the finance blog below and see if you see any post that may be helpful for your project in Q6. Discuss how it can be helpful in at least 100 words. Hint: The author of the blog writes articles on financial analysis using R. https://rviews.rstudio.com/categories/reproducible-finance-with-r/ One thing that can help me with my project from the blog is using the momentum investing strategy to look at the previous 12 months to know what to expect for the next year. Another thing that can help me with my project from the blog is the tech dividends with R to look at the cash flow and determine if the dividends increase or decrease through out the years. This will help determine what stock is growing in dividends. In the second part of tech dividends it shows that you can look closer to how a stock is paying. It can also show who is paying the most quarterly.
Q10 List things that you think could be helpful but not taught/offered at PSU finance courses. Discuss how it can be helpful in at least 100 words. One course that i think Plymouth state should add to the finance program is investments in stocks. I think that students would enjoy this class because they will be learning to make investments for a brighter future. Most Americans do not invest and i think this course should also be for business students at the least. Although we do learn about stocks and bonds, it is usually only a couple of lectures. I think students would benefit from knowing the ins and outs of the stock market so they can better strategies when making an investment. I know i would enjoy this course a lot.