- July 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Learning the ins and outs of investing is critical for students interested in pursuing careers in portfolio management or related fields. Learning the ins and outs of investing and investing real money in real time, with real consequences, while still in college kicks the critical classroom know-how up a notch. Students involved in managing FGCU’s Eagle Fund know firsthand the value of real-world experience.
The Eagle Fund, seeded in 2007 with $200,000 – a portion coming from the FGCU Foundation and the rest from an anonymous donor – is a one-semester seminar in security analysis and portfolio management. Only after students have successfully completed the “Principles of Investment” and applied indicating how the seminar fits with their career objectives are they considered eligible to participate. Once chosen, the real work begins.
“It’s a lot of responsibility,” said Elizabeth Berg (’21, Management and Finance) of managing a…
