Why I Should Join or Start a YIS Club at My High School
Learn How to Become a Long-Term Investor!
Young Investors Society will teach you how to create life-changing habits to save and invest for retirement and your future in a fun environment with your friends. You’ll learn how to analyze a business and determine if it’ll be a good investment. Additionally, you’ll be eligible to participate in all Young Investors Society programs such as the Dollar-A-Day Challenge, Knowledge Bowl, Fireside Chats, and the annual Stock Pitch Competition.
Start Investing with Your Own Money!
Young Investors Society will teach you how to save your money and put those savings to work in the stock market so that you can benefit from the powerful effects of compounding interest. YIS helps students to start saving one dollar per day into a personal brokerage account, and investing it. Students learn the power of compound interest and start to actively save for retirement. They can also compete for a donor match scholarship by completing a personal finance quiz. This year, we plan to award matching scholarships to over 200 students. This program helps students develop the lifetime habit of saving and investing for retirement as well as to understand the value of long-term decisions.
Additionally, You’ll…
- Compete against your classmates and the YIS community using the MYYIS Portfolio
- Gain leadership experience and learn many life lessons (e.g., hard work, patience, teamwork, etc.)
- Learn from and network with finance and investment professionals.
- Have the chance to earn a Dollar-A-Day Scholarship, and other awards and prizes.
- Build your college application in a way that will make you stand out.
