KSU Student Managed Investment Fund LLC

On Thursday, November 21st KSU SMIF hosted our second Equity Pitch presentations and concluded our Fall 2024 Semester. Our Analysts pitched companies including Amgen, Equinix, Caterpillar, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and Arista to the firm. We'd like to commend all fund members on their hard work and dedication throughout this semester. ? Our sincerest congratulations and thanks to our graduating members: John Longshore, Katty Hernandez, Miguel Rodriguez, Brian Fretes, Gavin Berger, and Nick Zabetakis. We wish you all the best of luck in the future and look forward to seeing each of your success. We'd also like to offer a special congratulations to our Senior Analyst of the Semester, Daniel Halliday as well as Junior Analyst of the Semester Jonathan Melton for their excellent performance. ? Thanks to our attending alumni Vinny Rosamilia, Kamille Suarez, Chandler Geiger, Hudson Anderson, Jamie Rohrer, Steven Rodriguez and honorary former member Justin Waters. We'd also like to thank faculty Govind Hariharan, Tom Miller, and Troy Harmon for the support. We are looking forward to another successful semester in Spring 20225. Happy holidays y'all and good luck to all our members wrapping up final examinations!

KSU SMIF Fall 2024 Equity Pitch ? Members of KSU SMIF presented their Fall 2024 Equity Pitches on Thursday, November 14th to a packed house. Senior Analysts pitched a Buy recommendation on Monster Energy, ASML, Hermes, Paccar, Snap-On, and DoubleVerify. Wonderful job by all analysts as well as the Managing and Associate Directors. Thanks to our attending alumni Jonathan Sakraida, Brandon Goff, Vinny Rosamilia, William McKay, James Rohrer, Chandler Geiger, David Elms, William Loftus, Kevin Byrd, Mambaye D., William Hensley, Eli H., Tucker West and honorary former member Justin Waters. We'd also like to thank faculty David Bray, Tom Garr, Govind Hariharan, Tom Miller, Jon Spivey and Roger Tutterow. We can't wait to continue showcasing the talent within KSU SMIF this Thursday at our second Equity Pitch!

Save the Date: KSU SMIF Fall 2024 Equity Pitch Presentations will take place on Thursday, November 14th?at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing the recommendations of our Senior Analysts who have worked under the guidance of their Associate and Managing Directors. We can’t wait to see our alumni, faculty, and supporters there!

The KSU SMIF team of Daniel Halliday, Lukas Ollivier, Keegan Thottam, and William Wallace competed in the 2024 CFA Society Atlanta Ethics Challenge last week at Emory University. In addition to learning about ethics and professsional conduct, the team performed very well in a closely contested competition and received very high marks from the Judges. KSU SMIF thanks the members of our team for representing us and Kennesaw State University so well and to CFA Society Atlanta for holding this annual competition.

Delighted to see our alumni Jonathan Sakradia providing his insights in Yahoo Finance

We were delighted to hear from KSU SMIF alumni Christian Zember, Zachary Jurich, Rachel Cowart and Patrick Lim on Thursday, October 17th.?We kicked off the panel with a few questions by moderator and CEO John Longshore and followed with an active Q&A session. They spoke about their current role at their company, the role that SMIF played in their growth in college and career, the career decision making process and how to build valuable networks. We are very grateful to y'all, Christian, Zach, Rachel, and Patrick for your time and support. The success of our alumni and their passionate engagement has been a key to the growth and success of KSU SMIF. Thanks as well to Professor Tom Miller and Govind Hariharan for your attendance.

On Thursday, October 10th KSU SMIF had the distinct pleasure of hosting a very engaging Career Conversation with Industry Leader Paul English, CFA, CFP?, Head of US Fixed Income Research at Invesco. He shared insight on his role surrounding credit strategy and management of investment grade research, education and certifications within the job market, how he navigated the 2008 recession, and so much more. Our enthralled audience of members were grateful to get the chance to participate in an engaging Q&A session and dive deeper into his thoughts and experiences. Our sincerest thanks to Paul for taking the time out of his busy schedule to speak with us and help mold the next generation of industry leaders. Our thanks as well to the Dean of Coles College of Business?Robin Cheramie?for her speech and to Professors Tom Miller and Govind Hariharan for attendance and support

On Thursday, October 3rd KSU SMIF presented our Current Holdings pitches to a packed house. We kicked off the presentations with a quick and informative Macroeconomic Update from our Chief Economist Cody Pacheco before our selected Senior Analysts presented their research on companies currently within our portfolio under the guidance of their Managing and Associate Directors. Pitches included Celanese, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Apple, Visa, Lennar, Nextera Energy with a Swap recommendation for The Southern Company, and Lennar. We look forward to seeing you all at our Equity Pitch in November. ? We'd also like to offer our sincerest gratitude to our alumni: Vinny Rosamilia, Claudia May, Hudson Anderson, Parth Pisolkar, Cain Beatty, Zachary Jurich, John Foster, Conor Cummins, Stone Powell, Brandon Goff, Amitai Ilan, Christian Zember, Matthew Gilbert, Rachel Cowart,Patrick Lim, Jordan Chatelain, Eli H., Tucker West, as well as honorary former members Mitchell Holt, Fang, Dagne Millard, and Justin Waters for their attendance. ? We'd also like to thank advisors Govind Hariharan, Tom Garr, Walter Stackow, Troy Harmon, David Bray, and Tom Miller as well as the many finance, economics economics, and accounting faculty for coming out and showing support!

Save the Date: KSU SMIF Fall 2024 Current Holdings Presentations will take place on Thursday, October 3rd?at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing the presentations created by our Senior Analysts under the guidance of their Associate and Managing Directors on the current holdings within our portfolio. We hope to see our cherished alumni, faculty, and supporters there!

On Thursday, September 5th the Junior Analysts of KSU SMIF presented their analyses covering a wide range of industries to a packed house. We have seen tremendous growth since our initial inception which has prompted us to adapt to the large size of the firm through our introduction of our Junior Analyst Program. This has allowed new members of the cohort the opportunity to represent the fund under the guidance of their Senior Analysts, Associate Directors, and Managing Directors for Industry Overviews. Presentations included Aerospace & Defense, Soft Drinks & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Multi-Utilities, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Electronics, Downstream Oil, and Wireless Telecommunications. We'd like to extend our thanks to faculty Govind Hariharan, Tom Garr, David Bray, and Tom Miller as well as alumni?Chandler Geiger, Claudia May, Mambaye D., Hudson Anderson, Cameron Paulk, and honorary former member Justin Waters for the participation and support!