The Knowledge Wharton High School (KWHS) is inviting applications for the Knowledge Wharton Investment Competition in South Asia and Middle East region. KWHS is a part of the global Knowledge Wharton network of online business journals at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This competition will run in two regions.
The deadline for sending applications for the investment competition from South Asia and Middle East is October 31, 2016.
The competition is a free, global, online investment simulation for high school students from Class IX to Class XII. Each team is required to have four to nine students. Each competing team has to manage a portfolio of $100,000 in virtual cash using OTIS, Wharton’s Online Trading and Investment Simulator.
As a result of this competition, students learn about teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company analysis, industry analysis and investing.
The competition requires two deliverables — A mid-project team review and a final policy. The mid-project team review is for the competing group to show the judges that the teams are developing strategies and following them. The final policy will focus on the investment strategies of the teams. Based on these, top teams for the finale will be shortlisted.
The OTIS trading will begin in South Asia and Middle East on November 1, 2016; mid project team review will take place on December 11, 2016 and trading will end on January 10, 2017. The final strategies will be due on January 20, 2016; and the South Asia and Middle East Region Finale will take place on February 11, 2016 which is the second day of One Globe Forum.