TVA Investment Challenge
The TVA Investment Challenge is a partnership between the Tennessee Valley Authority and 25 universities in its
service territory that provides a real world learning experience in portfolio management. The participating
universities include:
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical Univ.
Belmont University
East Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Mississippi University for Women
Tennessee State University
Trevecca Nazarene University
University of Kentucky
Union University
University of North Alabama
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Vanderbilt University
Western Kentucky University |
Austin Peay State University
Christian Brothers University
Lipscomb University
Mississippi State University
Murray State University
Tennessee Technological University
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Memphis
University of Mississippi
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Martin
Western Carolina University
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Murray State University has been involved since the inception of
the program in 1999. The program provides a great opportunity
for MSU students to get hands-on experience managing
investment funds for
TVA. Our students
actively manage TVA funds by designing long-term investment
strategies, placing trades, and providing performance
reports to TVA. The students learn how to manage real
money and all the requirements
that come along with it.
It is a tremendous learning experience. Our students are “real” portfolio
managers, and are held to similar guidelines as TVA’s professional money
managers. To date, TVA has allocated approximately $400,000
to MSU to manage. In just seven years, the portfolio has
more than doubled in value,
currently closing in on $1,000,000.
Participating students are required to perform comprehensive, professional
security analyses that result in asset valuation. Approximately 350-400
MSU students have participated in the program since its inception.
The objective is to find undervalued securities to add to the portfolio.
Murray State University has been rewarded for the spectacular performance
of the MSU student managed portfolio. For our students’ efforts,
MSU has been awarded $120,000 in prize money. |
