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Upenn
Since 2012, the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition has featured Wharton alumni as the competition client, giving student teams the opportunity to apply their investment knowledge to a real-world client case. Thousands of students from around the world have…
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Ascend Berkeley and AlgoEd
A global virtual stock pitch challenge for teams of middle and high school students, hosted with UC Berkeley student organization Ascend Berkeley. High school teams of two to five students from the same school build a pitch deck that selects stocks for a stated investment…
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KNET
Asian school teams advance through economics rounds to a 24-hour online business case and live judge presentation. The Asian Economics Olympiad is a free online team competition for grades 9-12 at Asian schools. Its final round gives the top 15 teams a business case and 24…
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Cambridge University Finance and Investment Society and Cambridge Student Investment Fund
A selective team stock pitch at St John's College, Cambridge for high school students who qualify through the CEFC economics and finance exam. Students in grades 9 to 12 first take an individual economics and finance qualifier covering economics, financial markets,…
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SIFMA Foundation
A free, invitation-based national investing and civics competition pairing public middle and high schools with members of Congress; Navigator restricts discovery to grades 9–12.
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Economics World Cup
Advance from a virtual economics round to a team case project focused on solving a real community development problem. Students first complete an open-book virtual economics assessment. Qualifying teams then receive a real development project and have one week to create a…
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Brown University Pre-College
Fictions of Finance: Literature and Life in the Age of FinancializationProgramSummer@BrownDates & FormatsJune 22, 2026 - July 02, 2026 •2 weeks•On-Campus•ClosedWhat does it mean to live in an age when money shapes every part of life—from global crises to personal dreams? This…
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Fundamental Wealth
A free online stock pitch event for high school students in teams of one to three. Students choose a public company, analyze whether it is a good investment, and present their reasoning online. The organizer frames the event as practice in company and industry analysis,…
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GAIN Sweden
A national mentored stock pitch competition for young women attending high school in Sweden. School teams work with investment professionals to analyze a company, study valuation and competitors, and decide whether to recommend buying or selling its stock. Teams submit both a…
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Future Asset
A 10-week Scottish stock pitch competition for girls ages 13 to 18, supported by professional investment coaches. Teams of three to six girls from Scottish secondary schools or colleges analyze a selected company, prepare a written investment recommendation, and record a…
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Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners
A virtual private-company investment pitch competition for students in grades 8-12. Teams of two to four high school students select an existing private company and build an investment thesis modeled on venture capital and growth equity practice. The first round requires a…
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Ithaca
A team consists of 3-6 students ranging from 9th to 12th grades from high schools nationwide. ... data available to today's financial professionals. See for ...
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SIFMA Foundation
A national writing competition for grades 9–12 participating in The Stock Market Game, asking students to research, apply, and explain long-term investing and financial strategy.
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Kansas State University College of Business Administration, Department of Finance
A team-based virtual portfolio competition using real market data, strategy reports, and a final presentation component. Teams of three to five high school students receive $1,000,000 in virtual capital on StockTrak and manage an investment portfolio using real market data.…
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Council for Economic Education
Team competition covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, and current events, with introductory and advanced divisions.
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Junior Achievement USA
A national high school trading simulation for teams that completed JA Take Stock in Your Future and qualified through a local JA Stock Market Challenge.
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Council for Economic Education
A nationwide high school competition covering income, spending, saving, investing, credit, and risk through online rounds, case analysis, and a national quiz-bowl final.
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SIFMA Foundation
A multi-week investing simulation in which student teams manage a virtual $100,000 portfolio while learning market research, diversification, risk, teamwork, and financial decision-making.
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Alpha International Education
A beginner-friendly virtual portfolio and stock analysis competition for students in grades 7 to 12. Individuals or teams of two to four manage a simulated C$100,000 portfolio, attend live or recorded investing workshops, submit an investment analysis presentation, and…
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UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
A summer virtual stock-market competition for rising grades 9–12 that tests portfolio decisions over multiple weeks and awards cash prizes to top performers.