How does a team from a small Jesuit business school such as John Carroll University reach the Americas’ semifinal round of the global CFA Institute Research Challenge? How does it outshine rivals such as Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance and compete against schools from the US, Canada and Latin America?
It’s not uncommon for colleges to entrust a group of students with real money and budgetary decisions in the context of say, running a student newspaper or booking bands or speakers as a member of a campus programming board.
During a long career as an analyst and Chief Investment Officer, Tony Aveni (Boler Executive-in-Residence) watched US and global equity markets rise and fall with regularity, if not absolute predictability. He’s similarly seen the highs and lows of human emotion cloud the judgement of seasoned stock watchers.
