Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF)
Student-Managed Investment Fund
Through the Student-Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), finance majors explore applied investing. Students manage a portfolio of funds and decide on stocks to purchase and sell with a goal of long-term growth. They learn investment fundamentals, valuation techniques, and technical analysis. All finance majors explore one or more investment opportunities, which are forwarded to the student portfolio managers for consideration. Portfolio managers attempt to meet the dual objectives of increasing the long-run value of the portfolio combined with the short-run objective of providing student scholarships. Since 2001, the program has awarded over $200,000 in scholarship funds to business students. Established by local community leaders at an initial value of $100,000, the student portfolio’s current value is approximately $1,187,000. The stock holdings returned has outperformed the S&P 500 index in nine of the last ten years.
2017 SMIF Scholarship Recipients
The 2017 SMIF scholarship awards range from $1,000 to $3,000 per student. The 2017 scholarship winners are:
- Selena Batiste, BBA Accounting from Portland, Oregon
- Marcus Braswell, BBA General Business from Del Rio, Texas
- Veronica Carrillo, MS Finance & Economics from Wheeler, Texas
- Cinthya Carrera, MBA Healthcare Management from Ecuador
- Carter James, MS Finance & Economics from Justin, Texas
- Mohamad Chaudhry, MS Finance & Economics from Pakistan
- Shane Dockery, MBA Management from Austin, Texas
- Ngan Dao, MS Finance & Economics from Vietnam
- Pedro Dos Santos, BBA Management from Portugal
- Jelina Fernando, BBA Marketing from England
- Edgar Garcia, BBA Accounting from Edinburgh, Texas
- Heather Grebin, BBA Marketing from Rochester, Minnesota
- Emily Gross, MS Computer Information Systems from Amarillo, Texas
- Chase Holt, BBA Management from New Braunfels, Texas
- Samyah Marcellin, MS Finance & Economics from Dominica
- Zach McCauley, BBA Finance from Hurley, New Mexico
- Marlene van Mourik, BBA Management from Denmark
- Sergey Nyrkov, MS Finance & Economics from Russia
- Niall Pratt, MS Finance & Economics from Ireland
- Ryan Quaid, BBA Finance from Fort Collins, Colorado
- Anastasia Rademaekers, MS Finance & Economics from Dallas, Texas
- Sydney Walton, BBA Management from Perryton, Texas
2017 SMIF Student Portfolio Managers
- Rafeea Almas from Canyon, Texas
- Daniel Barrios from Olton, Texas
- Reece Bernet from San Diego, California
- Matthew Brown from Amarillo, Texas
- Collin Bumpass from San Antonio, Texas
- Veronica Carillo from Wheeler, Texas
- Trestin Clay from Amarillo, Texas
- Taylor Hurt from Tulia, Texas
- Julian Martinez from Bovina, Texas
- Chris Morgan Amarillo, Texas
- Niall Pratt from Dublin, Ireland
- Kelsey Pruett from Amarillo, Texas
- Anastasia Rademaekers from Dallas, Texas
- Sandra Ramirez from El Paso, Texas
- Stefan Schlabs from Hereford, Texas
- Nathan Sutlief from Amarillo, Texas
- Whitney McDonald from Amarillo, Texas
