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 […]

Is GameStop really Game Over? by Claudio Brocado

  The stock of GameStop (GME) has been under severe pressure even as the holiday season is getting going. The company reported quarterly earnings that disappointed analysts. Still, GME management insists that they can still make the ambitious full-year guidance, implying they expect strong business in the current quarter, which includes all those holiday purchases. […]

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Investor Spotlight with Claudio Brocado

November 18, 2015 Young Investors Society Spotlight with Claudio Brocado Background: Claudio Brocado is a seasoned financial professional with over twenty years in the financial industry (sell-side as well as over sixteen years buy-side, including firms such as RCM, Putnam, Fidelity and Batterymarch). Claudio has substantial global expertise and interest, complemented by formal studies in […]

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Are you an Investor?

Let’s start with a question: Are you a spender or an investor? Pop Quiz. Ready. Go. Question #1 I’ll give you $100 today or a new Mercedes next year? Which one will you take? A) The cash B) The car C) Why are you even looking at other options, you’d be crazy not to take […]

What makes a good business?

HOW DO I KNOW IF A BUSINESS IS A GOOD INVESTMENT? Imagine we have two friends both opening stores. Our first friend, Jack, wants to open a chain of candy stores. It costs him $2,000 to build a candy store, and each earns him $1,000 per year in profits. That’s a whopping 50% return on […]

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 […]