Winners of the Spring 2019 ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge!

Thursday, May 16, 2019 - After 10 weeks of intense competition characterized by constant change atop the leaderboard and double digit returns amongst the Top 25 finishers, the Spring 2019 ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge has come to a close. Our seventh edition of the Portfolio Challenge brought in a new wave of talented college students from a diverse array of universities and academic backgrounds. Drawing over 700 students from 180 schools in 41 countries, this semester’s competition helped enlarge the portfolio challenge’s already broad global footprint and create highly competitive playing conditions.

Our contestants all began the semester with a virtual balance of $100,000 and with the task of constructing the best performing portfolio of ETFs. Students were afforded weekly rebalancing opportunities and could invest in a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 ETFs at a time. Despite facing heavy competition all semester, these select students were able to separate themselves from the rest of the field.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Spring 2019 ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge!

Name	School	Return
Erin Hope	Keuka College	51.8%
Austyn Scott	Keuka College	51.7%
Joshua Kayn	Keuka College	26.6%
Alejandro Gutierrez Restrepo	Universidad EIA	23.4%
Mariana Muñoz	Universidad EIA	22.3%
Paolo Montemurro	Università della Svizzera Italiana	21.9%

Our winners hailed from three different schools in three different countries. Our first and second place winners, Erin Hope and Austyn Scott, had heavy positions in EGA Emerging Global Shares Trust (HILO) and Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X ETF (NUGT). Joshua invested mainly in JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST) helping him to earn a return of 26.6%. Alejandro and Mariana were able to achieve 23.4% and 22.3% returns respectively through investing in a mix of physical commodity ETFs and Fixed Income funds.  Finally, our sixth place finisher Paolo posted a total percent gain of 21.9% through a diverse investing strategy that included ETFs from the Metals, Oil & Gas, and TMT sectors coupled with a variety of Fixed Income funds.

As the Winners of this semester’s challenge, these students will be featured and recognized during the ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge Awards Ceremony at the upcoming Fall 2019 ETP Forum (www.etpforum.org) on Thursday, November 21^st at the New York Athletic Club.

Please see below for the students that rounded out our Top 25 participants

Name	School	Return
Cristobal Gonzalez	Universidad EIA	20.4%
James Clark	University of Maine	19.9%
Naif Alhamed	California State University, Fullerton	19.8%
Tushar Verma	Rutgers University	19.8%
Malcolm Menezes	Xavier University	19.7%
Brian Toy	Binghamton University	19.5%
Chiaoyu Pai	University of Hong Kong	17.4%
Davide Brignoli	Università della Svizzera Italiana	17.4%
Alec Vanderloo	Loyola University Chicago	17.4%
Mariam Salla	ESSEC	17.1%
Joshua Warner	Plymouth State University	16.7%
Dylan Clark	Keuka College	16.4%
Tim Akin	Birkbeck, University of London	16.4%
Sean Clarry	Rutgers University	16.3%
Juan Daniel Hincapie Herrera	Universidad EIA	15.9%
Abishek Dubey	ESSEC Business School	14.8%
Jeff Haegler	Keuka College	14.6%
Thien Nguyen	Washington University in St. Louis	14.5%
Paul Casse	ESSEC	14.2%

Since its inception in the Fall 2015, the ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge has attracted students from 6 continents and over 400 schools. As millennials continue to increase their usage of ETFs, we encourage all college students to take advantage of this opportunity and learn about this fast-growing investment vehicle before they enter the marketplace.

Registration for the Fall 2019 competition will open at the end of August.  For more information and to sign-up for the Challenge, please visit: www.etfportfoliochallenge.com.

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