Market Mentors

The Market Mentor program began when members of the University of Illinois Finance Club offered to come into the classroom in local area High Schools. The University students answer questions about how to enter a trade into UISES (click on that link …), investment decisions (investing in Caterpillar because your father works there is a great way to begin …), university life (well, when I was looking at universities I was looking for ... ), and a few things they won't tell us about.

Every semester our undergraduate students, run in-class simulations of the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The High School students buy and sell shares as brokers on the floor of the exchange while the University students act as specialist, chalk up bids and asks, and maintain fair and orderly markets. It's a learning experience all around. We have run similar sessions at Champaign Central, Urbana, Judah Christian, Mahomet-Seymour, and Tolono Unity High Schools.

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