Young Investors Society will launch the Finance Knowledge Bowl in January 2025!

Knowledge Bowl 

YIS students will test their personal finance and investment knowledge in this virtual Finance Competition.
The first round of the competition will take place online during the week of January 15th-22nd on Kahoot.
  • Students must be registered YIS Students to compete!
  • Students have one week to take the Finance Quiz (Jan. 15th-22nd.)
  • Students can only complete the quiz ONE TIME! Multiple entries will not be counted.
  • Students must use complete first and last name when taking the Kahoot quiz, no nicknames or abbreviations will be permitted.
Students will be invited to the Finals round of the Knowledge Bowl based on their first-round score, completed courses & lessons,  participation in YIS programs & events, as well as availability to attend the finals.
The finals round will include specific questions on 3 selected companies (Home Depot, Monster Beverage Company, & Broadcom).
The Final round will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, January 29th at 4:00 pm PST/ 7:00 pm EST.  
The final event will be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel for all to watch!
Students who wish to participate can start to study the following:

Knowledge Bowl Finals:

Description:
Read and listen to the items below on three (3) companies-Home Depot, Monster Beverage Company, & Broadcom.
There will be approximately 15 open ended questions about the three companies,
specifically relating to their progress and strategies.

Suggested study time on the information below should be 3-5 hours. The questions will be open
book, but will require that you are familiar with the information beforehand.

Finals Resources To Study:

Home Depot:

Home Depot Q3 Earnings Call Transcript: https://ir.homedepot.com/~/media/Files/H/HomeDepot-IR/documents/hd-3q-24-transcript-vf.pdf 

Home Depot Q3 Earnings Release: https://ir.homedepot.com/~/media/Files/H/HomeDepot-IR/press-release/q3-2024-earning-release.pdf

Home Depot CEO Interview: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/11/15/home-depot-ceo-we-are-looking-for-housing-to-unlock.html

Monster Beverage Corp

Monster Beverage Annual Report: https://investors.monsterbevcorp.com/static-files/b63bf10a-4504-4605-87dd-b95efb2cfce1

Monster Beverage 2023 Q4 Earnings Transcript: https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/monster-beverage-corporation-nasdaqmnst-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript-1267420/#q-and-a-session

Broadcom

Broadcom Recent Investor presentation: https://investors.broadcom.com/static-files/602c2fd3-89a0-436f-b638-4890f20feda7

Broadcom Recent quarterly and full fiscal year report: report: https://investors.broadcom.com/node/62701/pdf

 

1st Place: $1,000 CASH PLUS Golden Ticket to pitch in the Global Stock Pitch Competition at the 2024 Global Youth Investment Summit in NYC (May 30-31st)

2nd Place: $500 CASH

3rd Place: $250 CASH