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Mucci Lab News

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  Market volatility adds excitement to Stock Trading competitions
  Students from across campus took part in the 2nd Annual Merrimack Madness Stock Trading Competition while finance students competed to earn the greatest returns in the first-ever offering of the Merrimack Investment Fund challenge.
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  Business Students Connect With New York City Alumni
  Nearly 30 Girard School students and faculty recently traveled to New York City for several days of career exploration and industry networking.
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  Merrimack Financial Group attends Financial Professionals Meeting at Fidelity
  With topics ranging from cyber-security to corporate liquidity, students attended presentations on the trends and pressing issues in the financial industry at the New England Association for Financial Professionals Regional Meeting hosted by Fidelity’s Steve Johnson ’80.
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  Students bullish on new Merrimack Madness stock market competition
  The first-ever Merrimack Madness played out like a fantasy sports league in which competitors try to outmaneuver each other with trades and line-up changes but instead of athletes on the playing field, they were competing in the stock market.
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  Students attend Global Asset Management Education Forum and visit NYC-based alums
  Girard marketing and management majors and minors joined finance majors for the first time this year to visit alumni in NYC in conjunction with the annual trip to the G.A.M.E. Forum.
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  Members of the Merrimack Financial Group attend meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  The trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston provided unique insights into the global economy and an opportunity to network with finance insiders.
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  Meet Incoming Professor of Finance, Kaveh Moradi
  Kaveh Moradi’s career path took a sharp turn from an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering to a Doctorate in Finance and a new tenure track position at the Girard School of Business.
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  Meet Incoming Professor of Finance, Fan Chen
  Dr. Chen will join Merrimack in the fall, coming from the National Central University in Taiwan where he is currently a visiting research professor.
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  Lynnfield High School Students Visit the Mucci Capital Markets Lab
  The AP Economics class learned about the Bloomberg terminals and joined the Merrimack Madness Stocktrak mock stock portfolio competition.
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  Students visit Fidelity Investments to learn more about the New England Association of Financial Professionals
  Students were invited to attend the regional meeting of the New England Association of Financial Professionals (NEAFP) by alumnus Steve Johnson ’80.
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  Vertex gives students multi-career advice
  Officials with Vertex Pharmaceuticals during the fall semester met with Merrimack students from the Girard School of Business and the School of Science and Engineering to broaden their perceptions of career tracks in the biotech field.
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  Alum Offers Advice to Students and Fellow Alums about Internships
  Vincent Ragucci III ’86 talks about the qualities he looks for when hiring an intern and the benefits of partnering with the Girard School to create internship opportunities.
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  Students, Alums and Executives Offer Internship and Employment Advice
  They share their tips on how to make a good first impression, how to stand out and succeed in the workplace, and why it makes sense to do more than one internship.
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  Students Share Advice about Internships
  Senior Cam Ferry and junior Alex Gorgoni presented to students in two of Professor Paul Antonellis’ Intro to Business classes, offering advice on internships.
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  Merrimack Alums Host Students at New York City Firms
  Alumni at Allianz Global Investments joined past hosts at Goldman Sachs, Investment Technology Group (ITG), and Bloomberg as destinations for the students during the October trip to New York City.
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  Girard Students Network with Alumni in New York City

  The trip to NYC provided Marketing and Finance students with a new sense of confidence and a better sense of potential career opportunities. 

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  Accounting and Finance Alums Return to Campus to Network with Students
  Alums and students connect at the Accounting and Finance Networking Lunches