Welcome to the Purdue University's Student Managed Investment Fund web site. SMIF gives Purdue MBA students real world experience investing real money in the stock market. 

Over the past two years, SMIF has beaten the S&P 500 by more than 25% and contributes this great success to the hard-work and dedication of numerous MBA students, the advice and leadership of faculty advisor Mike Cooper, and dedication to quantitative back-testing of fundamental trading strategies.  Please click on the Annual Reports link for additional information.

With its success, SMIF has gained numerous awards and has been cited by multiple business articles. To read them, please select from the following articles :

• Business Week's Article - Student Stock-Pickers, Smart Strategies

• 2002 RISE Symposium Winners Open NASDAQ

• 2003 RISE Symposium Winners Ring NYSE Closing Bell

• Three years in a row! Krannert Students win at the 2004 RISE Symposium competition.