Business students to manage YSU-funded investment

A new program at Youngstown Sate University will allow business students to manage a $250,000 portfolio of stocks, bonds and other funds. The Youngstown State University Foundation, who funded the student investment, helped to develop it with the Williamson College of Business Administration. Betty Jo Licata, dean of the WCBA, said she is grateful to the YSU Foundation for allowing business students to manage a fund.

The investment fund provides students with hands-on experience in all areas of managing, building and maximizing a portfolio. Students must vote on any decision about the investment. Students managing the portfolio will be enrolled in a course called Practicum in Portfolio Management, taught by Peter Chen, assistant accounting and finance professor.
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