High Tech Investment Group
A weekly seminar on economic policy. Members pitch positions to each other and run a portfolio scored on return per unit of risk taken.
How it runs
HTIG meets weekly to discuss economic policy and current market events. Members are expected to read ahead of each session.
Weekly seminar
Economic policy and current market events, discussed as a group. Members are expected to prepare as they would for a class.
Internal competitions
Members make the case for a position, take questions, and defend it in front of the group.
Merit tiers
Tiers inside the group are earned by contribution to discussion. No interview or application, and no prerequisites.
Portfolio simulation
HTIG runs a portfolio simulation against the fellows in HTQF. HTIG builds positions from discussion and pitched theses; HTQF builds them from scripts. Highest return relative to risk taken wins.
| HTIG | HTQF | |
|---|---|---|
| How positions are chosen | Pitched theses and group discussion | Rules written into a script |
| What you build | An argument you can defend | A quantitative trading program |
| Commitment | Weekly, all year | Six-week fellowship |
| Admission | Open, no interview | Fixed cohort, ask before it starts |
| Scored on | Returns relative to risk taken, the same metric for both sides | |
| Officers | Griffith, Pagarkar, Awasthi, Rancitelli | Yip, Wu |
Members can do both programs.
Member materials
Anything marked pending has not been posted yet. Ask an officer in Room 110.
Officers: replace a <span class="pending"> row in htig.html with an <a href="…"> to publish it.
Attend a session
No interview and no cut. Contribute to the discussion and you are in the group. Tiers are earned from there.
- Officers
- Henry Griffith, Rehan Pagarkar, Vedant Awasthi, Devan Rancitelli
- etyip@ctemc.org
- Room
- Mr. Brown’s Room 110, weekly
- Next event
- Club event, September 11
- Where
- Ask an officer about HTIG at our poster