Youths Today, Leaders Tomorrow
In the 2021 National Youth Survey, finances emerged as a key stressor that impacts youths’ overall development. Planning for a financially resilient future can be a challenge, particularly when you wish to balance aspirations with reality.
CGS International Securities and Republic Polytechnic are jointly organising the 2022 National Financial Literacy Campaign for Youths with the aim of nurturing and empowering Singapore’s tertiary students with lifelong skills in managing personal finances and investing for a sustainable future.
Through a two-pronged approach, this Campaign focuses on equipping youths with relevant financial knowledge which can be put into practice in the 2022 National Investment Challenge.
About the 2022 National Investment Challenge
Through specially curated webinars and sharing by industry experts, participants will gain insights which focus on developing a unique trading plan and more importantly, managing risks. Participants can then apply these learnings in the 2022 National Investment Challenge, which will run for 8 weeks between October and December 2022. The key parameters of the Challenge are:
Investment Capital: Simulated trading account with a balance of S$5,000
To mirror estimated initial capital students may have set aside for investments in real life
Products: Contract for Differences (CFD) Equities
To learn more about leveraged products and the risks involved
Markets: Singapore and USA
To provide participants with a wider exposure
Your Learning Journey
Do not worry if you know nothing about the financial markets! By the end of our webinar series, you will learn how to find stocks, read charts, manage your account and more importantly, know what you need to do to get better every day. Learning is a journey, not a destination.
The Financial Literacy webinar series started on 5 Sept 2022. Participants will receive a link to watch the webinars. Past webinars can be viewed on our YouTube page (links below). More details can be found in the section below.
List of Webinars
- We kick off the Financial Literacy webinar series with a 'Ask me Anything' session where CGS International thought leaders and investing experts will address questions submitted by students relating to investing and personal finance. Join us to find out what are the common questions asked by new investors!
- Dow Theory
- Moving Averages
- Support & Resistance
- Chart Patterns
- Candlestick Formation
- Trade Management
- Money Management
- Trade Psychology
- Leverage and Margin
- Position Sizing
- Hedging
- Stock Screening
- Introduce types of investment products (Blue Chip stocks, REITs, ETF, CFDs, etc.).
- Factors before you start investing (Brokerage firm, CDP, Pricing).
- Risk profile and personal investment objectives.
- Why starting early is important.
- The Best Strategy
- How the same thing can be viewed differently
- Building a Watch list
- Trade Journaling
- The Best Strategy
- Is Trading Gambling?
- Here's how NOT to let your emotions damage your investment returns. While you can't stop the wave of emotion when investing, you can learn how to surf!
- Finding a stock
- Placing a Trade / Stop Losses / Take Profits
- Additional Resources
- Using Charts
- Understanding Your Positions
- Let’s face it. Everyone makes mistakes, even Warren Buffet. The chances of committing investing mistakes are even higher when you are new. Hear real investing stories from veterans and learn to spot investing red flags to avoid expensive lessons.
- Learning from Investing Mistakes.
- Crypto.
- Chasing market trends.
- Following advice blindly from social media.
- Selling good investments too fast.
- Falling in love with a company.
How to Participate in the 2022 National Investment Challenge
Registration
Take part individually or form a group of up to 4 from the same school. Registration has closed.
Eligibility
Be a current student/ undergraduate with any of these 10 Institutes of Higher Learning: Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, or Temasek Polytechnic.
Guidelines
Participants are to :
Furnish their Trading Plans by 28 September 2022, 2359 hours and may submit more than one Trading Plan.
Maintain a Trading Journal, which will be used in the final grading (details of a Trading Plan and Trading Journal will be covered in the webinars).
Judging Criteria & Prizes
Participants will be assessed based on these criteria:
Profit and Loss (40%)
Risk Management (40%)
Presentation (20%)
Stand to win from a prize pool of S$34,000 in cash, opportunity for employment, a Certificate of Participation from CGS International, and a private lunch session with CGS International Group CEO, Carol Fong and Group Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of ProsperUs, Saw Ping May.
1st Prize: S$10,000
2nd Prize: S$8,000
3rd Prize: S$5,000
4th & 5th Prizes: S$3,000 each
6th to 10th Prizes: $1,000 each
List of Winners
|
Position |
Team Name |
Members |
Institution |
|
Winner |
Alameda |
Ng Tze Quan |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) |
|
1st runner-up |
100x Leverage God |
Darryl Ng |
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) |
|
2nd runner-up |
Calvary |
Emmerine Wee Min Yu |
Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) |
|
3rd runner-up |
The Lions of Bugis Street |
Teoh Tze Tzun |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
|
4th runner-up |
Uphoria |
Chua Jun Hong |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) |
|
Consolation prizes |
The 4 wise man |
Brian Chua Ming Xuan |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) |
|
JAR Investments |
Ryan Tan Jun Yuan |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
|
|
M Naarayannan |
M Naarayannan |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) |
|
|
Asset Trades |
Siong Kai Le |
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) |
|
|
Klimatet |
Kubota Masaki |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
Contact Us
Drop us an email at csi.investmentchallenge@cgsi.com if you have any questions on the 2022 National Investment Challenge. Terms & Conditions.
- Learning from Investing Mistakes
- Crypto
- Chasing market trend
- Follow advice blindly from social media
- Selling good investments too fast
- Falling in love with a company