Endowment Speech (?)
We hope to get someone from Bowdoin's endowment office to speak to the campus. The talk may address issues of socially responsible investing although the focus will be on how the endowment is actually run. A follow up debate may occure later to address the issues of socially responsible investing
Workshop (?)
PBCM- Introduction to New Sector (3/29?/06)
PBCM will begin discussion of a new sector
PBCM- Mad Money Suprise/Vote (3/8/06)
5% of PBCM's portfolio will be invested in Jack in the Box and 5% in Panera Breads
PBCM- Conference Call with Fidelity Anaylst (3/1/06)
George gave us a lot of good feedback on valuation. We pitched Jack in the Box and Panera to him. He ran us through a procedure to predict where the stock would be based on our predictions of the future. He also suggested we include more valuation and not just the story of a company in our pitches.
PBCM- Valuation of Fast Food Companies (2/22/06)
Pat and Mark ran through basics of valuation such as market cap, p/e ratio, earnings per share and earnings for several fast food companies. Check out the reseources for more information
PBCM- The Story Behind the Drive-Thru: Fast Food Companies (2/15/06)
Discussion of the different fast food companies
PBCM- Econ Professor DeCoster Presentation (2/8/06)
Professor DeCoster presents "What it means to invest in the corporate world". This speech will serve as a basis for discussion in our upcoming debates. This is a crash course in the basics of financial investing
PBCM- Introduction to Casual Dining and Fast Food (2/1/06)