September 10 th 2012. Common Cents Investment Group September, 2012 Introductions Jake Larkin.71 President, Westerville Ohio, Junior, ME Yuhao Wu.1349

September 10th 2012

Common Cents Investment GroupSeptember, 2012

Introductions

Jake Larkin.71 President, Westerville Ohio, Junior, ME

Yuhao Wu.1349 VP/Webmaster, China, Junior, Finance

Alex Gerlaugh.2 Treasurer, Worthington Ohio, Sophomore, Accounting

Nick Ramstetter.5 Communications Director, ***,***,***

Alex Kaneps.3 Public Relations, ***,***,***

Brian Altschuler.5 Portfolio Manager, ***,***,***


Purpose

Common Cents Investment Group is an organization open to all students who are interested in learning about investing. The focus of the club is to increase the knowledge of our members through the discussion of investing strategies and ideas. We talk about all aspects of investing, including mutual funds, the stock market, options, and many other scenarios, and teach our members the fundamentals of investing. There is something to be learned at every meeting for both beginners and sophisticated investors.


Membership

Cost is only $20 for the whole year! Benefits:

Member of a very beneficial and informative club that will inevitably be valuable in your future

A network of friends who share a similar interest in investing and personal finance

A virtual portfolio challenge that will strengthen your confidence in investing

$20


Membership

Benefits: Possibly T-Shirts? Resume booster! Leadership opportunities And of course…Free pizza & Pop!


Membership

Full Membership requires: Member has attended at least 2 CCIG

meetings Member has paid $20 club fee


Why Invest?

“Average interest rates on savings accounts are currently less than 2%. Average annual returns for mutual funds are over 10%” www.coolinvesting.com

Don’t try to keep up with inflation, beat it!

When properly educated, returns of 10%-15% are easy to achieve…without much risk!

You’re young. Now is the time to start (or at least learn)!


Why Invest?

Compound interest is your friend A little scenario...

You’re 20 years old. You decide to invest $1,500 each year…for 15 years.

Your friend is also 20 years old, but never joined CCIG and doesn’t start investing until he/she is 31

Your friend also invests $1,500 each year, but for 35 years


Why Invest?

Age Started Total Invested

Account at Age 65

You 20 $22,500 $995,323

Your Friend 31 $52,500 $443,358

With the assumption of 10% annual growth


Investopedia

A year long virtual investment challenge on www.investopedia.com

The winner at the end of year wins a cash prize!

Each participant will have: $100,000 of virtual cash Until the end of spring semester to trade The ability to view their own trade history as well as the

trade history of other players Great resources at their access to do research on

investments


Investopedia

How to join: Create an Investopedia account (easy) Click on Simulator on the home page


Investopedia

How to join: Click “Add/Edit Games”


Investopedia

How to join: Click “Join Game”


Investopedia

How to join: Search “CCIG OSU 2012” and select “Join”


Investopedia

How to join: Game Password: ******** Password will be given to official members


Book Library

The Intelligent Investor The Dhando Investor Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits When Genius Failed One Up on Wall Street

Suggestions?


Book Library

Available to paid members Check books out in 2/4 week intervals Possibly available in PDF or eBook Books are brought to meetings…so you

don’t have to waste time finding them in a library


Future Meetings

Mondays, 7:30 in SB 200 No meetings around finals week Missing meetings is absolutely alright!

We take attendance to gauge your interest Use attendance for reference when picking

new executive positions Presentations on investment topics lead

by the executive board


Future Meetings

Content: Terminology and stock market lingo How to begin investing How to manage a portfolio How to start researching investments How to maximize your profits How to develop a strategy for investing A wide variety of specific topics that are

brought up throughout the semester


Future Meetings

Topics of presentations ETF, USD, DJI, NASDAQ, AHT, ASIP and all

the other acronyms you may not know… Hold, Short, Buy, Bonds, CD, Mutual Funds,

Futures, Commodities, Forex and many other topics which you may not fully understand…or have never even heard of!

Most importantly…we can present about topics that you want to learn more about.

Hopefully, CCIG has something for everyone to learn about


Future Meetings

Guest speakers: Christian Gabis Ross Klosterman Luv Sharma: Founder and CEO of

Stockstream Financial Services and a OSU alumni. Lots of experience with technical analysis

Erik Brown & Juli Damopoulos Former Fisher students and want to speak

about running your own business in the financial service industry


Fundraisers/Social

Attempting to make CCIG more social! PB&J (Pizza, Beer & Jokes) at Pizza

Rustica? 100% funds raised towards CCIG Stand up comedy, pizza & beer

Possibly a new leadership position Funds will be put towards pizza, T-

Shirts, more books Any suggestions are welcome


Questions?

Questions, comments or concerns?

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Documents

September 10 th 2012. Common Cents Investment Group September, 2012 Introductions Jake Larkin.71 President, Westerville Ohio, Junior, ME Yuhao Wu.1349