Our mission is to improve members’ understanding of investment management; to help members develop practical investment skills and test them in the markets; and to create superior access to career opportunities in the investment industry.
The Investment Club brings in a number of speakers throughout the year to discuss their investing experience. This includes analysts & portfolio managers from large mutual fund and hedge fund firms, who discuss everything from valuation to specific stock situations.
The Investment Club runs an annual Investment Club Conference, in which well-known speakers come in to talk alongside panel discussions. This is a great forum for learning about different investment perspectives, and networking with professionals.
The Investment Club runs in-person and virtual treks to visit firms in Boston, Los Angeles, London, New York, and San Francisco. These are a great opportunity to visit fund managers in their own offices.
Community
At Investment Club meetings you will begin to see familiar faces – these are the people who share your interest and passion in investing. We coordinate regular mixers to help in getting to know one another. Eventually, you’ll notice that many of these faces will become friendships, which we aspire to have you carry on with you post your time at HBS.
Career-focused
The Investment Club regularly brings in speakers from well-known firms to get students up to speed on how to get a top job in investment management. The Club also helps pair incoming students with experienced students and EC’s who worked over the summer in investment management. The Investment Club works proactively with HBS Career Services to help bring in firms for both on-campus recruiting and to connect students with advice & assistance for their own networked job searches. We regularly send out emails with opportunities that are not otherwise advertised on the HBS campus. These career-related activities in coordination with one another give Investment Club members a definite advantage in the investment management career search.
The Alpha Fund
The Alpha Fund is an active stock portfolio run by a large group of students. Meetings usually consist of two or three in-depth stock pitches, during which the group of meeting attendees give input on whether they like the stock or not. The Investment Committee (comprising 8-12 ECs and 2 RCs) then takes feedback from meeting participants to make final investment decisions. The Alpha Fund has in-depth stock pitches get made on a weekly basis.