The Jefferson investment club took a two-day field trip to New York to learn about finance and investing with real business executives.
The club left Virginia at 5:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, and arrived in New York at 10:30 a.m. On Friday they went to Federal Reserve, visited Goldman Sachs to talk with executives, and met Jefferson Alumni James Galante, who was a director at BlackRock, an investment management company.
“We got to see the fold vault where they hold around 300 billion dollars worth of gold in the main vault and learn about what they do in general we also got $50-$10000 in shredded money,” freshman Neil Agrawal, who participated in the trip, said.
The following day, on Saturday, Jan. 24, the club visited the empire state building and then returned to Virginia at 4:00 p.m.
Overall the trip helped provide students a deeper insight into an investment for all the club members, from understanding the inner workings of the stock trade to careers.
“I personally learned a lot about the career paths and opportunities available to me in the finance industry and gained a much deeper understanding of what they actually do on wall street. I learned about the importance of networking and being social as well,” Agrawal said.