UTM Investment Team Earns TVA Award

Martin, Tenn.-The UT Martin TVA Investment Challenge students attended TVA’s annual spring conference April 2-3 in Nashville.  While attending the conference, students were able to engage with portfolio management professionals, senior leadership at the Tennessee Valley Authority and peer students from other universities.& The UTM TVA program received an award for its portfolio performance in 2023 at the conference as well, outperforming the portfolio’s S&P 500 benchmark. This award, while presented at the conference, also represents a monetary award that continues to fund investments related to student experiential learning in the College of Business and Global Affairs.& While at the conference, the program’s UTM presentation team of Alex Bowker, Jake Harrison, Maria Hudson, Courtney Pemberton and Connor Williams presented the portfolio’s 2023 and year-to-date 2024 performance to fellow competitors from other schools and senior TVA leadership.& The students defended their trading decisions, answered questions and discussed opportunities for growth and change with various members of TVA’s leadership team.& The TVA Investment Challenge Program is an experiential learning opportunity at UTM funded by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Students in the program manage a $500,000 large-cap equity fund and are benchmarked against the S&P 500 just like professional money managers.& The portfolio...