SOF Chapter
Name two or more of SOF's four core values.
A: Integrity, Humility, Compassion, Excellence (any two)
This investor, known as the "Oracle of Omaha," leads Berkshire Hathaway.
A: Warren Buffett
This ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings per share.
A: P/E Ratio
This 2013 film follows fraudulent broker Jordan Belfort and his Long Island brokerage.
A: The Wolf of Wall Street
Stocks, bonds, and cash are examples of this broad concept.
A: Asset classes
What year was the UC SOF chapter founded?
A: 2023
The year the U.S. stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression.
A: 1929
The acronym for a fund that tracks an index and trades on a stock exchange.
A: ETF
The entry-level role at an investment bank, notorious for 80-100 hour weeks.
A: IB Analyst/Analyst
This term describes a market where prices are falling and investor sentiment is negative, typically defined as a 20% drop from recent highs.
A: Bear market
This person was the first ever speaker brought in by the SOF UC Chapter and is a SIGNIFICANT donor to theuniversity.
A: Tim Johnson (Johnson Investment Counsel)
This bank collapsed in March 2023, marking one of the largest U.S. bank failures since 2008.
A: Silicon Valley Bank
This term describes borrowing capital to amplify investment returns - and losses.
A: Leverage
This 2015 film follows a group of outsiders who predicted and profited from the 2008 housing collapse.
A: The Big Short
The 2008 financial crisis was largely triggered by the collapse of mortgages made to borrowers with poor credit, known as this.
A: Subprime mortgages
The first firm SOF UC held a professional event with this school year.
A: Fidelity
This firm was at the center of a scandal involving employees secretly opening millions of fake unauthorized accounts.
A: Wells Fargo
A bond rated below investment grade is commonly called this.
A: Junk bond / high yield bond
This term describes trading on non-public information for financial gain - and it's illegal.
A: Insider trading
This concept describes spreading investments across assets to reduce risk.
A: Diversification
The only two remaining co-founders of the SOF UC Chapter.
A: Nariah and Eugene
This financier ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding investors of nearly $65 billion.
A: Bernie Madoff
This measure of a stock's volatility relative to the broader market equals 1 for a stock that moves in perfect lockstep with the index.
A: Beta
This TV show, which ran from 2011 to 2016, follows a high-powered Manhattan law firm and its morally gray named Associate who never passed the bar.
A: Suits
This asset class includes buyouts, venture capital, and private credit.
A: Private markets / alternatives