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Georgetown Wins University Investment Challenge
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 12:55pm | 363Students at Georgetown University were crowned with the title as being the best investment managers. University students in both the United States and abroad took part in the challenge to manage a portfolio of real money. The competition was held in conjunction with Peeptrade and judged by a panel...
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This Company Just Made It Possible To View Other's Portfolios For Free
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 3:10pm | 372The concept of coattail investing is not new. Many people pick their favorite investor, whether it be a classic buy-and-hold style old-school investor like Warren Buffett or a shrewd activist investor like Carl Icahn, and simply invest in what they invest in. But this can be challenging...
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How 3 Teams Of Students Are Managing $10,000 Portfolios
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 12:22pm | 1141The Peeptrade University Challenge has now been underway for two weeks, so we thought we’d catch up on how a few of the teams are managing their $10,000 portfolios. Check out our preview articles on the rest of the teams in the competition here and here. Dartmouth The five-member...
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Princeton Vs. MIT: Who's Got The Better Investing Strategy?
Monday, October 3, 2016 - 4:05pm | 823The Peeptrade University Challenge kicks off Monday, where graduate students from nine top business schools will manage competing portfolios of $10,000 for 2 months. As the contest gets underway, Benzinga caught up with one of the members of the MIT and Princeton teams to find out how they...
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Which Of These University Teams Has The Best Investing Strategy?
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 10:27am | 965We wrote last week about about the Peeptrade University Challenge, where teams of graduate students from 10 top business schools all over the world will manage competing portfolios. Each team will start with $10,000 of real money on October 3rd, which they will manage until December 2nd....
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Here's What 2 Professional Money Managers Told Us About Investing
Monday, September 26, 2016 - 12:49pm | 1139Benzinga recently caught up with two professional money managers, Michael Harris of River Wealth Management, and Jeff Ross of Vailshire Capital Management, to ask them how they learned to invest and what advice they have for new investors. Here's what they had to say. Michael Harris...
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How 3 Retail Traders Built Their Portfolios
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 1:08pm | 1088Benzinga recently had the chance to catch up with several traders on Peeptrade, a social network for investors that allows users to directly see how others manage their portfolios. We wanted to know about their trading strategy, how they started trading and what they are currently holding. Rodrigo...
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Which Top Business School Has The Best Traders?
Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 5:38am | 328We know which business schools have the best reputation. But who actually produces the best money managers? That’s the question Peeptrade, a social platform for investors, is trying to answer with its University Challenge. Teams of graduate students from the University of North Carolina...
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We Asked 3 Retail Traders About Their Strategies
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 1:20pm | 1126Benzinga recently had the chance to talk to some retail traders about their strategies, how they got started and what advice they'd offer to new traders. Here's what they told us. Sumant Chittiprolu Chittiprolu started his first portfolio in 2006 after graduating from Ohio State. He said he...
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These 6 Traders All Have Double Digit Returns Vs. S&P 500 This Year
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 2:10pm | 564Peeptrade is a social trading platform that connects to brokerage accounts, allowing traders to trade from the platform, share their trades with other traders and “peep” into others' portfolios. As of Tuesday morning there were nine traders on the Peeptrade platform who have double-...
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How To Win $3,000 Just For Trading Your Portfolio
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 9:56am | 452Peeptrade, a financial information and social networking platform, is running another contest with $6,000 in prizes for investors to compete directly against each other. Ahead of that, Benzinga caught up with the winner of Peeptrade’s previous contest, Nicholas Rossolillo...
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Think You Have What It Takes To Outperform Other Traders? Prove It.
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 3:04pm | 240Watching the markets can be a lonely endeavor. Just you. Your screens. And maybe a TV in the background. But have you ever wondered how you stack up against other traders and investors? Well, now you can find out thanks to the Peeptrade Investor Trading Contest. Peeptrade, a financial...