Who We Are
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
The Notre Dame Investment Club is a student-led group with the purpose of introducing undergraduates to careers and concepts in investing. The club offers three unique opportunities for student involvement: Portfolio Management, Education, and Investing Competitions.
Portfolio Management
The Club manages an $1mm+ student-led educational portfolio of long equity positions funded via university-allocated student group capital allocations. This unparalleled experiential learning opportunity allows our club members to simulate the investment decisions made by portfolio managers through critical evaluation of stock pitches. While we have an investment mandate that we abide by, the Executive Board has complete authority over all portfolio decisions and autonomy over portfolio management. Our success in this aspect of the Club is measured by our cumulative returns relative to the S&P 500 Index.
Education
While we are motivated by performance, the true value of the Club is delivered through education. Aside from weekly meetings being a great learning experience, we intermittently host learning workshops before meetings on a variety of topics from careers in investing and finance, interview prepartion, and general financial education beyond Mendoza classes. Completely open meeting attendance and participation, open pitch applications, a detailed and mentored pitch process, market and macroeconomic updates each meeting, guest speakers, the Analyst Program, and the Freshman Stock Pitch Program are all additional examples of our commitment to educating our members. Education efforts are led by Board Members, who themselves are also always seeking to learn more.
Investing Competitions
The club has participated in a number of investing competitions at universities across the country, such as Cornell, Michigan, Harvard, and USC. These competitions have different formats, but typically involve teams of 3-5 students pitching their best investment idea in front of a panel of judges. While other clubs spend entire semesters preparing their pitches, we pride ourselves on selecting a team of students pitching a new, unique investment recommendation outside of our current portfolio. We have a track record of very strong performance at competitions and believe this performance is integral to establishing the NDIC as a leading undergraduate investment club.
