Millsaps Else School Concludes First Ever Stock Market Challenge, Blake Wiley Excels

“We use it as a research tool and to teach students how to navigate the stock market.” Students at Millsaps College recently concluded the inaugural Else School of Management Stock Market Challenge, a semester-long virtual investing competition designed to give students hands-on experience navigating the stock market and managing investment portfolios. The competition allowed students to apply concepts learned in the classroom to real-world market scenarios while building analytical, research, and decision-making skills that are increasingly valuable in careers related to finance, business, and investing. Hosted through MarketWatch, the competition ran from February 1 through April 30 and was open…