You can download the program’s prospectus here: Auburn University Global Asset Management Program Prospectus (Oct. 20, 2016) Program Objective The Auburn University Global Asset Management Program is a subsidiary of the Auburn University Economics Club. The goal of this program is to bring together students with an interest in the global economy with emphasis on how it … More Program Prospectus
This is a developing story but it appears that the British Pound/US Dollar currency pairing has flash crashed. It dropped from 1.26 to about 1.18 in a matter of 5 minutes. Since then, it has recovered back to 1.24. The EURGBP currency pairing gained tremendous value after this crash, but has corrected down to the … More GBPUSD Flash Crash
Good economic data drove the overall market today as ISM non-manufacturing data was reported at 57.1 vs 53 estimate. Even the most generous estimate of 55 fell over 2 points shy of the actual. This is the highest one month change in ISM data on record. The ISM number jumped from 51.4 last month to … More A Data Driven Market
XLF 1yr/1wk Now that you know about index tracking ETFs, we can move on to sector tracking ETFs. What the hell is a sector? A sector is a portion of the market that consists of a single industry. For instance, the Healthcare sector, Financial Sector, Energy Sector, Consumer Discretionary sector, Pharmaceutical sector, and the the list … More GAMP Guide to the Market (pt. 2)
SPY 1d/1m (9/29/2016) This is a snapshot of the performance of the ETF that tracks the S&P 500 today. Do you see anything abnormal about SPY’s RSI at about 12pm CST? In looking at a 20d/1hr snapshot, we can see that the price of SPY has been recovering since September 10th, however, by knowing the … More GAMP Guide to the Market (pt.1)
We all know we have a recurring problem in the United States. However, the proposed solutions to this problem become increasingly polarized as each day passes, exhausting Facebook feeds and straining mass media journalists until they’re blue in the face. To the public, these shootings are the aftermath of some specific variable in our society … More Mass Shootings and Their Effect on US Equity Markets
Over the past decade student loan debt has grown to over $1.2 trillion. The rise in the overall student loan balance is partially due to the surge in attendance at American universities. The number of people age 19-24 attending a university rose almost 40% between 2000 and 2015. During the same time, tuition at … More A False Safety in Higher Education
Now that 2016 has decided to deliver record-setting high temperatures across the United States, investors need to consider how these temperatures will affect the spot and forward price of natural gas. Using this information in the coming summer months will allow us to find contango opportunities not only for institutional investors, but individual traders as … More Some like it hot!?
As a dividend trader, one is wary when a dividend yield is in the double digits. Logic tells you that it’s a desperate ploy to get investors hooked for short term income generation that will hopefully keep you invested long enough for some actual stock price movement to occur. What’s even more worrisome is when … More Is it time to go long on oil (finally)?
This is the excerpt for your very first post. … More An Introduction
Auburn University Global Asset Management Program 