Clear Next Generation ETF Contest Spring 2008

Contest Overview• Open to all students in select schools• The contest opens February 25th and ends midnight April 4th • Students create unique investment theses• Must be marketable concepts• Description and Marketing Overview required• Back-testing, research are bonuses, but do not determine

winners• Students can work in small groups • Up to five submissions per group or individual

School Participation Criteria

• Professor involvement• Investment Club participation• Administration support

The Prizes

• First Place– $5,000– Potential Internship to work on publishing Index– Attend product launch (possibly a bell ringing)

• Second Place (3 winners)– $1000 each

• Honorable Mention (up to10)

How Students Enter• Each School has it own

unique submission page• Simple intuitive instructions

– Paste investment thesis in submission box (character limits)

– Paste why investors would be interested in concept in submission box (character limits)

• FAQ’s on the page• Must provide valid school

email address to enter

Summary of Last Contest• Nearly 100 entries• Schools with greater faculty participation had greater

turnout and better ideas• However, most students submitted great ideas• Winning Idea: US Exporters Index

– Focuses on US domiciled companies who derive a material portion of their revenue from exports

– Plays on a growing global economy– Lower US dollar– The cache of “Made in America”

Media Coverage

• Covered in various news media, including WSJ, The Street.com and MarketWatch

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