AFA Meetings
What is the dress code for AFA meetings with a speaker? What is the dress code for AFA meetings without a speaker?
Business Casual, Casual
Which mega company’s industrial average shows you how 30 top stocks in the United States are performing and serves as a benchmark that you can compare your investments to?
Dow Jones
"The Oracle of Omaha" is a nickname often used to describe what legendary American investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway?
Warren Buffett
What year was the University of Alabama founded?
1831
Which famous singer/songwriter who was a member of one of the best-selling boy bands of all time recently died?
Liam Payne
Who did we host for our first speaker event this semester?
Regions Bank
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, what financial institution suffered a bank run in 2023, leading to the largest bank failure in the US since the 2007-08 financial crisis?
Silicon Valley Bank
True or False: J.P. Morgan loaned $62 million to the United States government?
True
A 1907 football game against Auburn in Birmingham resulted in the University of Alabama football team's nickname "_________."
The Crimson Tide
What is the largest desert in the world?
The Antarctic Desert
What was our second event this semester?
Career Fair Prep
What is the "trashier" name for a "high yield bond" that is typically issued by companies with low credit ratings?
Junk Bonds
What Boston-based private equity investment firm was co-founded by former Massachusetts governor and current Utah Senator Mitt Romney?
Bain Capital
True or False: From 1826 to 1846 Tuscaloosa was the state capital of Alabama.
True
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
What group(s) do the speakers at the Stifel event work in?
Fixed Income
A(n) _____ is a financial contract that gives the buyer the right to buy or sell an asset at a specific price within a set time frame. ______ are a type of derivative, and their value comes from the underlying asset.
Option
_____ is the founder and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, which, over the last forty years, has become the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world. He has written multiple books.
Ray Dalio
What used to be Big Al's name?
Alamite
Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?
Dolly Parton
At the meeting with Protective Life, what two cities did Ford Balogh say he travels between?
Birmingham and New York City
Walk through a DCF
Step 1: Forecast the Free Cash Flows.
Step 2: Calculate the terminal Value
Step 3: Calculate the discount rate (WACC).
Step 4: Discount the Cash Flows to Today.
Step 5: Calculate the Enterprise Value.
Which two activist investors had a feud over Herbalife?
Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn
Which president's inauguration did the Million Dollar Band perform at?
President Harry S. Truman
Which month of the year is National Ice Cream Month?
July