Experiential Learning
The Investment Management Initiative offers a number of opportunities for students to apply their coursework and experience.
What are the opportunities available for experiential learning in the Investment Management Initiative?
The Investment Management Initiative sponsors several opportunities for experiential learning, through which students can practice applying concepts from finance, accounting, statistics, and economics to investments. These are meant to supplement coursework by challenging students to blend the tools and techniques from multiple classes, and to see how they are used to solve practical problems.
$100K Rosenwald Investment Competition
The annual $100K Rosenwald Investment Competition is the NYU Stern Alternative Investment Institute’s premier event that invites NYU students to showcase their sharpest investment insights and trading strategies. Open to individuals and teams of up to four students, the competition begins with the submission of a detailed trade idea – ranging from stock pitches to systematic trades to macroeconomic plays – each backed by rigorous research, risk analysis, and a clearly defined investment thesis.
Managing Investment Funds
Students can apply to take an experiential course in which they put their different skills to work managing a slice of the NYU endowment.
Stern Program for Undergraduate Research: Macro Trading
Undergraduate students interested in macro trading and fixed income markets can apply to this one-credit independent study project focused on the relationship between macroeconomic data and financial markets. Students are assigned a specific aspect of macro to study and learn how the relevant data series are constructed, how it factors into monetary policy, and how various releases affect prices and volatility. Each project is guided by a faculty member in the finance department.