Department of Finance and Management Science | Washington State University

Overview In June 2001, WSU Regents approved the recommendation that WSU finance students be allowed to “invest” $1,500,000 of the University’s Contributed Funds Quasi Endowment Fund. Specifically, students participating in the Cougar Investment Fund make recommendations to the University’s Senior Investment Manager. The fund objective is to outperform S&P 500 while maintaining comparable risk. The mandate requires the fund to invest in a sector-diversified portfolio. We attempt to outperform the market by identifying undervalued securities within each sector. Portfolio managers and stock analysts investigate securities with finance faculty in a trading room with an electronic ticker board and real-time financial markets news broadcasts. The portfolio ... » More ...