...Kobana Abukari; Erin Oldford; Neal Willcott Purpose In recent years, student-managed investment funds (SMIFs), experiential learning programs at an increasing number of universities, have attracted significant scholarly interest. In this article, we review the academic literature on this pedagogy...

... of successful experiential courses and uses a student-managed portfolio as an example of a successful model. Findings Student-managed portfolios can improve educational and career outcomes for students. Practical implications Student-managed investment funds can provide a vehicle for teaching students...

...Thomas Shohfi Purpose The James Fund at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management is a small, recently established, course-driven student-managed investment fund (SMIF). The purpose of this paper is to provide insight to new and existing funds in improving individual fund...

...J. Christopher Hughen; Peter P. Lung Purpose Student-managed investment funds typically pursue “plain vanilla” objectives. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the value of adding option strategies to reduce the risk of equity positions around earnings announcements. The collar strategy...