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Eagle Investment Fund members (from L to R): Wazni Jaber, Brandon Constantin, Dominic Thomas, Evan Koorhan, Hamzah Dajani, Lewie Fichera, Matthew Lawrence, Paul Katokwe
Wazni Jaber, Brandon Constantin, Dominic Thomas, Evan Koorhan, Hamzah Dajani, Lewie Fichera, Matthew Lawrence, Paul Katokwe
Eagle Investment Fund members (from L to R): Wazni Jaber, Brandon Constantin, Dominic Thomas, Evan Koorhan, Hamzah Dajani, Lewie Fichera, Matthew Lawrence, Paul Katokwe

Wazni Jaber, Brandon Constantin, Dominic Thomas, Evan Koorhan, Hamzah Dajani, Lewie Fichera, Matthew Lawrence, Paul Katokwe

Student investors beat the financial markets, boost their career opportunities

Despite the daunting odds, the Eagle Investment Fund (EIF), a student-managed investment fund supervised by faculty in Eastern’s College of Business, has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1.63 percent since last April. In addition, the EIF has beaten the All Country World Index (ACWI)—an important global equity index that includes international stocks—by 4.40 percent during the same time period.

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The Feb. 11, 2021 episode of EMU Today TV features Eastern Michigan University’s new Master of Science in Finance Program. Associate Professor of Finance Karen Ann Craig, Ph.D., discusses the 30-credit hour AACSB-accredited program, which is designed for recent graduates and working professionals. The STEM-designated program covers topics in corporate finance, financial reporting, fixed income, derivatives, investments, portfolio management, wealth planning, and equity investments.