Jersey School's Investment Challenge 2024

About this Initiative

The Ashburton Investments Jersey Schools' Investment Challenge, is a powerful way of engaging students within the finance sector, enabling them to relate it to everyday life. Students will get to experience on how economies work and grasp the basics of investments.

Welcome to the final update of the Ashburton Jersey Schools’ Investment Challenge.

The 2024 Ashburton Jersey Schools' Investment Competition has now concluded and showcased some exceptional talent from some of Jersey's potential future financial asset managers.
 
Jersey students put their investment skills to the test when the competition kicked off in January with 105 students, spanning 25 teams from 6 Jersey schools, each picking a 5-stock portfolio. The students eagerly monitored their performance throughout the year, and we've been impressed by the enthusiasm and dedication they showed.


Position Team School YTD TR (%)
1 ACLLE Highlands College 74.59%
2 Wealth Warriors De La Salle College
56.35%
3 Bankrupt Babes Beaulieu Convent
53.44%
4 Stock Bottom Victoria College 51.90%
5 Blocks
Beaulieu Convent
49.27%
6 Belfort Brokers
Jersey College For Girls 42.45%
7 HST/DGE Bankers Beaulieu Convent
42.10%
8 Market Maestros Beaulieu Convent
42.01%
9 MJZAM Highlands College 32.24%
10 ABC LTD De La Salle College
30.25%

TOP 10 TEAMS

 

Position School MTD % YTD %
1 Beaulieu Convent School
32.38% 32.38%
2 Victoria College
28.09% 32.38%
3 De La Salle College
25.54% 32.38%
4 Highlands College
18.02% 32.38%
5 Jersey College For Girls
13.27% 32.38%
6 Hautlieu School 
11.92% 32.38%

SCHOOLS' LEAGUE

Source: Ashburton Investments/Bloomberg

 WINNING SCHOOL: Beaulieu Convent School: +39.18% Return 

We extend our praise to Beaulieu Convent School, whose teams produced sold returns, with four of them finishing in the top ten. This helped the school to finish with an impressive average return of +39.18%.



 WINNING TEAM:  ACLLE of Highlands College: +74.59% Return 


A huge congratulations to ACLLE from Highlands Collegewho achieved an astonishing performance from early on. Their holdings were a mixture of small-cap healthcare and large-cap tech stocks that proved highly successful.

The second and third placed teams were Wealth Warriors from De La Salle College who achieved growth of +56.35%, followed by Bankrupt Babes from Beaulieu Convent School with +53.44%. A fantastic achievement from both teams.


Some highlights:

  • Average Portfolio Performance was +26.2% vs +12.44% from the Bloomberg World Large/Mid Cap Index in GBP.
  • Best Performing Stock: Nvidia at +151.89% (which was held by 13 out of the 25 teams).
  • Best 5 performing stocks held: Nvidia (+151.89%), Sensus Healthcare (+128.01%), Abercrombie & Fitch (+103.52%), Robinhood Markets (+79.96%) and Spotify (+68.59%).

Ashburton would like to congratulate all of the teams who participated in the competition. This proved a great opportunity for students to learn about the world of investing, and we're confident that they'll all take away some valuable lessons from this experience.

These last two years have shown that Generation Z is clearly skilled at picking winning stocks in a bull market!

Ashburton wish the students the very best for the future and hope they enjoy their summer holidays.

If you would like to find our more, please visit www.ashburtoninvestments.com/int/investmentchallenge

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