{"id":68891,"date":"2005-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/ram-fund-rolls-along-in-fourth-year\/"},"modified":"2005-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"ram-fund-rolls-along-in-fourth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/06\/ram-fund-rolls-along-in-fourth-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram Fund rolls along in fourth year"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStudent investors becoming more sophisticated<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. — June 22, 2005 — The Ram Fund, an investment portfolio managed by 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration students, just celebrated completion of its fourth year.<\/p>\n


\n\tAnd if remarks from students, faculty members and the Ram Fund Advisory Board are any indication, the program continues to get stronger.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong some of the companies students analyzed this year were Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., American Power Conversion and TJX Companies Inc., the parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, names synonymous with American business muscle. As they have done from the program\u2019s start, the students presented their findings and investment decisions to the advisory board and the Alumni Association in late spring. <\/p>\n


\n\tEstablished in the spring of 2001 with $100,000 in seed money from the Alumni Association, the program\u2019s goal is to give advanced business students the opportunity to invest and manage money for the long term. Each year, students compete for various positions in the Ram Fund.<\/p>\n


\n\tLast year, the Ram Fund Advisory Board was established to provide information, encouragement, advice and access to ideas and opportunities that might otherwise be unavailable to the students.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cStudents place this very high on their list of top experiences at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d said Business Dean Edward M. Mazze. \u201cEach year when students present, I see individuals taking notes, hoping that they will get some valuable tips.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThroughout the evening, Mazze, board members and students praised Assistant Professor of Business David Michayluk for his outstanding direction of the program over the past few years. They also said goodbye as Michayluk was preparing to leave for a job in Australia.<\/p>\n


\n\tMark Dorcus, a Ram Fund Advisory Board member and student mentor, said he was impressed with the students\u2019 willingness to examine new businesses as well as established companies.<\/p>\n


\n\tBoard member Thomas Fay said, \u201cThese are the best presentations I have seen in two years here.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\tAdam Oliveri, an economics major and business minor who graduated in May, headed a team that analyzed Medis Technologies Ltd., a joint venture with Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd., that focuses on developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing direct liquid fuel cell products to power and charge portable electronic devices.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI had no idea what a fuel cell was until I started this project,\u201d said Oliveri, a resident of Elysburg, Pa.<\/p>\n


\n\tSoon, he knew about the company\u2019s management team, the potential for mass production and sales. He also traveled to New York City on his own to view a demonstration of one of the company\u2019s power packs. He was there in Times Square rubbing shoulders with investors, company leaders and inventors.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI guess there were about 500 people there,\u201d Oliveri said. \u201cWith the Ram Fund, I really learned how to apply the theory that I learned in class.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOne of the central questions with this company was whether it could take its demo model to full scale mass production. I had a feeling it could and it looks like I\u2019ll be right,\u201d he said a few weeks after his formal presentation. \u201cAnd if it\u2019s of any interest, Medis Technologies Ltd. is up about 18 percent since we bought it at the end of March.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tRam Fund member Patty Scott, a resident of North Kingstown, had similar feelings about the program. \u201cThis class is one of the best I have taken and I am really indebted to the Alumni Association for providing this experience,\u201d said Scott, who headed a team that analyzed J2 Global Communications Inc., a Santa Clara-based company that provides messaging and communications to 7.6 million customers.<\/p>\n


\n\tTo understand the company better and the wider industry, Scott, a non-matriculating student, called a few stock analysts and she got lucky. \u201cOne talked off the record and said he was bullish on the stock.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Rhode Island College graduate and reconciliation manager in the 溏心vlog免费B站 controller\u2019s office, said the Ram Fund class has heightened her interest in pursuing a master of business administration degree at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis class just energized me,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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