Run with the Bulls
Build your resume by joining the UT Investment Group (UTIG). Any UT student can join (yes, you!), and membership entitles you to:
- Attend the monthly speaker meetings, where you will eat yummy Chipotle, chips and salsa, and soda (BULL or BEAR packages only); and/or
- Participate in the trading competition Wolf of Vol Street with over $500 in prizes! (all packages can participate, including WOLF)
Fall 2017
- 3-tiered membership packages: BULL, BEAR, or WOLF. Dues are among the lowest of any business organization on campus!
- You can now pay dues online with Stripe or Paypal.
- Established social network presence on LinkedIn.
- UTIG's official sponsors for 2017-2018 are Regions Foundation (Regions Bank) and the Law Office of R. Deno Cole. We are grateful for their generosity!
- A special MBA package for graduate business students.
- A special female-only program, "Trade Like A Girl", geared towards empowering young women to learn personal finance.
UTIG HEADQUARTERS
UTIG is housed within the Masters Investment Learning Center (MILC) in HBB 237, located in the 2nd floor atrium of Haslam Business Building. It is the all-glass room with large screens, near Einstein's Bagels. The staff room is located inside the MILC. Feel free to stop by with questions or concerns during normal business hours. When the blinds are down, the investment center is closed; otherwise, the MILC is open!
On behalf of UTIG's Officers, we want to thank you for a successful past semester. We achieved record attendance and membership over the past years. UTIG now has a total of 200+ members annually, making us one of the largest Haslam College of Business student organizations! We are eager to repeat another productive academic year, with prestigious speakers and high returns in the portfolio trading competition(s).
If you have any questions, email the current UTIG President: Madison Hamilton at mhamil21@vols.utk.edu.
On behalf of UTIG's Officers, we want to thank you for a successful past semester. We achieved record attendance and membership over the past years. UTIG now has a total of 200+ members annually, making us one of the largest Haslam College of Business student organizations! We are eager to repeat another productive academic year, with prestigious speakers and high returns in the portfolio trading competition(s).
If you have any questions, email the current UTIG President: Madison Hamilton at mhamil21@vols.utk.edu.
UTIG Mission
Mission Statement: The University of Tennessee Investment Group's (UTIG) mission is a student-run organization which seeks to promote financial literacy, to expose students to the importance of personal finance, and to allow students to manage an investment portfolio.
Founded in Fall 2010, each semester UTIG hosts a trading competition where members gain experiential experience managing a portfolio of equities and options, and winners are awarded cash prizes. In Spring and Fall semesters UTIG hosts monthly speaker seminars pertaining to personal finance topics, such as building credit and wealth management, where members also enjoy catered dinners.
Membership is open to all academic levels and all majors.
Founded in Fall 2010, each semester UTIG hosts a trading competition where members gain experiential experience managing a portfolio of equities and options, and winners are awarded cash prizes. In Spring and Fall semesters UTIG hosts monthly speaker seminars pertaining to personal finance topics, such as building credit and wealth management, where members also enjoy catered dinners.
Membership is open to all academic levels and all majors.
