Finance students visit Global Asset Management Education Forum, New York Stock Exchange

The students and Professor Bill Hudson toured the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor and CNBC’s television studio Fast Money NASDAQ
MarketSite. The New York Stock Exchange floor has been closed to the public since September 11, 2001.

“(We got to) see rst-hand how it operates during trading hours,” said senior Bradley Lee. “It was a breath taking moment to truly experience the
kinetic energy and atmosphere.”

Professor Hudson agreed. “An opportunity like this brings to life the concepts learned in the classroom,” he said. “It is quite gratifying for me as a professor to see the excitement in my students as concepts they have studied on campus come alive in the real world.”

“It didn’t look at all what I had expected,” said junior Ally Erickson. “There were no papers really. Everything was done on the computer and hubs scattered around the room. e best part was that Honeywell rang the bell to signify the day’s closing. In our Husky Growth Fund, we have Honeywell as one of our stocks.”

The eight students were a part of St. Cloud State’s Husky Growth Fund, an investment fund management course (FIRE 491), where students
manage an actual investment fund through the SCSU Foundation, acting as policy makers, security analysts, investment advisers and portfolio managers. The fund’s assets exceed $200,000.

Funding for the trip was provided by gifts made to the St. Cloud State University Foundation in support of the Herberger Business School.