Winners Announced - Fall 2019 ETF Global Portfolio Challenge

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - After 10 weeks of close competition, the Fall 2019 ETF Global Portfolio Challenge has come to a conclusion. The competition began on September 30^th and ended this past Friday, December 6^th. 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 allowed to invest in a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 ETFs at a time. While the challenge came down to the wire, these select students were able to separate themselves from the competition.  Please join us in congratulating the Fall 2019 Winners!

Fall 2019: Top 5 Winners

Name	School	Portfolio Return
Jessica Rodriguez	Keuka College	35.93%
Tyler Key	Keuka College	27.30%
Luke Labuski	Rochester Institute of Technology	26.24%
Brian Toy	Binghamton University	24.54%
Nicolas Noyard	ESCP Europe	22.48%

Once again, the portfolio challenge drew students from diverse backgrounds and geographies, underscoring the broad appeal ETFs have among emerging investors. As shown in our top 5 and 6-25 below, this semester's challenge spanned the globe with participants from 6 continents (hopefully, we'll get Antarctica next time!)

Fall 2019: 6^th – 25^th Places

Name	School	Portfolio Return
Gianmarco Baldo	Universita della Svizzera Italiana	21.95%
Kassidy Spoon	Keuka College	21.33%
Dan Zhumad	North Carolina State University	20.78%
Christian Valen	Messiah College	20.72%
Yeeching Loh	University of Malaya	19.74%
Enrick Gatien	University Laval	18.10%
Dustin Wallace	University of California at Berkeley	18.02%
Bao Tran	Keuka College	17.92%
Matthew Sechrist	Messiah College	17.35%
Ann Stull	Keuka College	17.34%
Bethany Eubank	Plymouth State University	17.31%
Stephen Devaney	University of Massachusetts - Boston	17.18%
Rasmeera Maisarrah Roselan	University of Malaya	15.52%
Sabastian Keister	Pennsylvania State University	14.76%
Yat Yin Wong	The University of Hong Kong	14.74%
Rajes Velu	University of Malaya	14.73%
Min Shen	Rutgers University	14.50%
Sarah Frendo	St John’s University	14.50%
Anthony Jiang	Baruch University	14.46%
Sheng Hang Sia	University of Malaya	14.28%

Registration for the Spring 2020 Portfolio Challenge will open shortly and we welcome all college students to participate, compete for prizes and learn about the rapidly-expanding ETF market. Visit our website - etfportfoliochallenge.com for more information.

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