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Did you miss the weeks YIS Global Online Club Meeting? Check out the summary of “Defining Business Value” taught by our guest speaker, Professor Shelby Moore! https://www.facebook.com/yisorg/videos/645315543282664
Get Ready for the YIS Shark Tank Contest! Watch NBC’s Shark Tank’s © 13th Season (Check for episode dates/times in your region) https://abc.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-13 Shark Tank Contest Entry Instructions Watch Shark Tank Season 13 (Any Episodes) YIS students will have $1,000,000 YIS dollars to allocate among their 3 favorite pitches. (All funds must be allocated) Individually […]
Congratulations to the winner of the YIS Start Investing NOW Scholarship for January, Jaylin P. from Charles R. Drew High School in Georgia! Jaylin will receive a $100.00 Stockpile Gift Card! Enter Start Investing NOW for your chance to win our monthly scholarship sponsored by Stockpile! https://yis.org/programs/start-investing-now/
The YIS Club at the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia held their first Speaker Series event of 2022 with featured guest speaker, Jason Lee of Cross Light Capital. You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/F82Rkzxbt3k
The CYIA Exam is OPEN January 1st-30th! The CYIA Exam is an open-book, 60-minute timed test based on The Essays of Warren Buffett & the YIS Stock Investing 101 e-book. Some questions require a calculator to answer correctly. Students must take the test in one session. They will not be allowed to start and stop […]
Young Investors Society kicks off the New Year with our first ever Global Community Service Event! Battling a global pandemic has only highlighted the harsh realities of food insecurity and increased the number of people dealing daily with its challenges. 34.5 percent of households with a child age 18 and under are food insecure, an […]
Young Investors Society has partnered with Learn & Earn ™ to bring YIS students more ways to learn financial literacy skills and start investing! Learn & Earn ™ is an app for students to learn about financial literacy, work readiness, wellness, and entrepreneurship through snack-sized courses. By completing courses, students earn money contributed by sponsors, […]
“Oftentimes, novice investors will spend hours upon hours researching a stock to ultimately conclude that they should invest in this company. However, due to this exhilaration that they have finally found a stock, they immediately buy the stock, eliminating any potential marginal profits that could have been gained from optimizing the entry points.” Read more […]
The Spring Dollar-A-Day Challenge starts January 15th! Don’t miss your chance to win a scholarship of up to $182.50! Submit a brief write-up (1-page, 500 words MAX) The 2021-2022 Dollar-A-Day Challenge Essay Topic is: “Imagine you inherited one million dollars from a distant relative with the condition that you had to spend it on something […]