Co-President Shaan Shuster ‘23, Vice President Alexandra Borik ’23, and Hank Skatoff ‘25 delivered this week’s market update. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 were up by less than half a percent over their respective 5-day performances and each has…
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General Body Meeting 2/17/23: Market Update, Industrials Sector Update, and Peloton Sell Pitch
Max Oeser ’25 and Treasurer Henry Nicosia ’24 delivered this week’s market update. Markets remained constant before a significant decline later in the week likely due to comments made by members of the Federal Reserve about the trajectory of inflation…
General Body Meeting 2/3: Spring Semester Overview, Market Update, Sector Updates, and Stock Market Game Results
Co-Presidents Shaan Shuster ‘23 and Nick Tufano ‘23 introduced the club overview for the semester. Some important dates to highlight are February 10th when Jeff Raupp, former CIO of Brinker Capital will come speak to the club and February 24th…
General Body Meeting 11/5: Market Update, IBM Sell Pitch, and Adobe Buy Pitch
Energy Analyst Alex Borik ‘23 and Elena Duffy ’23 delivered this week’s market update. The S&P 500 hit record highs this week as the stock market continues to soar. The S&P 500 has risen 15 of the last 17 days,…
General Body Meeting 9/10: Market Update, Investing 101, and a Stock Pitch Tutorial
Industrials Analyst Alex Hunter ‘24, Risk Analyst Chisom Njoku ‘24, and Ronald Grose ’24 delivered this week’s market update. The market opened at 4,506.92. The June Jobs Report was disappointing with only 235,000 new jobs, while720,000 were expected. New job…
General Body Meeting 9/3: Club Intro and History, Stock Market Overview, and Market Update
Co-Presidents Nick Sant Foster ’22 and Jack Evans ’22 gave a brief overview of the club’s history and how the club is run today. The Lafayette College Investment club offers students a great opportunity to learn the fundamentals of investing.…
General Body Meeting 4/30: Market Update, Tech Earnings, Biotech Segment, and How to Network
TMT Analyst Nick Sant Foster ‘22 and Alex Hunter ’24 provided this week’s market update. Markets were mixed this week, the S&P 500: 4211.47 (+2.259%), NASDAQ: 14,082.55 (+0.161%), DOW: 34,060.36 (-0.222%). The Fed is trying to strengthen the USD, while…
General Body Meeting 4/23: Market Update, Energy Sector Update, Southern Copper Sell Pitch, and FedEx Buy Pitch
Mikias Stewart ’23 and Chisom Njoku ’23 broke down the market’s sluggish performance this week. The S&P 500 was down around 0.9% for the week, while the Nasdaq was down over 1.2%. Energy Analyst Tate Harobin ’22 presented an update…
General Body Meeting 4/16: Market Update, ESG Commitment, Southern Copper, and the Segments of a Bank
Marketing Director Jack Evans ’22 and Alex Hunter ‘24 broke down the market’s performance this week and the biggest stories on Wall Street. The market was up around 1% across the board, with the Dow closing above 34,000 for the…
General Body Meeting 4/9: Market Update, State of the Economy, and JETS Pitch
The Chairman of the Board Parth Patel ’21 and Julia Daly ’24 provided this week’s market update. The S&P 500 rose +0.42% to 4,097.17, hitting an all-time high. This is remarkable considering that during the lows of the COVID crisis…