On Wednesday Nov. 30th, the SMIF class was privileged to have alumni Jim Howland come to speak to the class. Jim is Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity and has been with the firm since 2008. He was previously President of Dun & Bradstreet’s International Business and CEO of Edison Schools Educational Services…

      The first stock pitch of the year! On Tuesday, November 29, Austin Marcus pitched CSX, a class 1 American railroad company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX has 21,000 route miles of rail, located primarily on the East Coast. They transport everything from agricultural products to forest products, coal, and intermodal containers. As…

The SMIF class has examined current market conditions and after extensively evaluating potential upcoming headwinds and tailwinds for the market, we have come to a consensus for key indicator projections for the close of Q2 2017. We are currently seeing an upward movement across all major U.S market indexes reaching new highs as investors adjust…