Category Archives: Event

Stock Pitch Competition Schedule

Young Investors Society is proud to host its National Stock Pitch Competition for high school students. The first round of the stock pitch events will be held on the following locations and dates.  Please come and cheer the teams on! Dates: May 9: Franklin High School, Massachussets  6-7:00pm May 10: Bucks County Community College, Pennsylvania […]

Congratulations to Claire C. from Oak Park High School: Lesson 1 Contest Winner!!!

Congratulations of Claire from Oak Park High School in California for winning the Lesson 1 Contest: Stock Market Legends. Claire wins a $50 Amazon Gift Card, a 6-Month Pass to Wall Street Survivor ($180 value), and an awesome YIS Polo! Below is the winning entry: Claire C. Oak Park, California Sir John Templeton: One of the Greatest Investors […]

YIS Night at Oak Park, CA

Young Investors Society proudly sponsored “Learn How to Be an Investor” Night at Oak Park High School on December 4th. And what an awesome night it was! Rowe Michels, CFA, Director of Research at Tradewinds Global Investors was the keynote speaker along with James Fletcher, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Kayne Anderson Rudnick. Everyone participated in investing […]

Why do Stock Prices Fluctuate So Much?

Let’s play a game. Ready? Open a financial newspaper like the Wall Street Journal, turn to the stock quote section, and pick any company at random, and look at the high and low from the past year.   Ok, let’s see here. We have GM. They make cars and trucks. Over the past 52 weeks, their stock traded as […]