The Independent's Share Challenge is back
THE CONTEST
The Independent’s Share Challenge is back. Almost a year after the culmination of the last competition – which saw the amateur Fairer Shares investment club beat both a professional fund manager and a team of schoolchildren – two new teams of amateurs have been lined up to take on our professional. At stake is a £2,000 prize, courtesy of the Share Challenge’s sponsors Abbey Stockbrokers and BullBearings.co.uk, who are providing the platform on which the competition will run.
This year’s runners and riders are:
Colin McLean, chief executive, SVM Asset Management
The award-winning asset manager Colin McLean – who, after an unlucky run in 2005/06, finished behind both the students and the hobbyists – is back to reclaim some pride. Read more...
Moat Community College, Leicester
Students from Moat Community College were the winners of 2004’s share challenge, and took second place in 2006. This year, a new team of Year 10 GSCE business studies students are in the hot seat – most of whom did not know the difference between a dividend and a dinosaur before they started their course a few months ago. Read more...
Birch Investment Club
The members of the Birch Investment Club are all employees at Singleton Birch, the UK’s largest lime producer. The club’s 13 members meet once a month to discuss potential investments, and they all put £50 from every paycheque into the club portfolio. Read more...
BullBearings.co.uk
BullBearings.co.uk is providing the platform on which the game will run. The company provides private investors with state-of-the-art simulation trading platforms and a wealth of up-to-date news and analysis designed to educate investors in a risk-free environment, all completely free of charge. More than 90,000 members are becoming more confident with the investment choices available to them in today’s volatile markets with the help of BullBearings. Take a look for yourself and start trading with no risk today; see www.bullbearings.co.uk
Written by the Personal Finance Editor of
The Independent |
