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SPEX
ANALYST
PROGRAM

The SPEX Analyst Program is an intensive 8-week training program that exposes analyst to industries in business/finance where an understanding of politics is crucial. Analysts leave with the financial, political, economic, and professional skills to enable their own career exploration.

Curriculum Coverage

Industries: Equity & Fixed Income Research, Sales & Trading (commodities), Asset Management

Skills & Knowledge: Accounting, Corporate Finance, Valuation, Portfolio Management, Trading Strategies, Macroeconomic Indicators, Fiscal/Monetary Policy and the FED, etc.

Post-Workshop

Continued Involvement: E-Board positions, SPEX political media host/researcher, SPEX Research Journal editor and contributor, Analyst Program lead and mentor, and future programs

Mentorship: Graduates will gain access to mentorship from the SPEX community with upperclassmen and alumni in top firms across multiple competitive industries.

Eligibility: Freshmen and Sophomores

Duration: Fall or spring semester (8 weeks)

Time Commitment: ~10 hours per week

SPEX MARKET WRAP

Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of November 27

Read about George Santos, Rishi Sunak's immigration plan, India-Canada tensions, and Republican debates. 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of November 13

Read about OpenAI's shift, US inflation cooling, Argentina election, and Nicki Haley's take on abortion 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of October 30

Read about the Maine gun tragedy, Hong Kong's low birth rates and Germany's new deal. 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of October 16

Read about speaker stalemates, the Polish election, and developer Country Garden's debt default. 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of November 20

Read about Iran-USA tensions, Portland teacher strike, Turkey rate hike, and Black Friday spending highs. 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of November 6

Read about the 2024 election, China's economic decline, WeWork's bankruptcy, and Trump testifying. 

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Fall 2023

Market Wrap:

Week of October 23

Read about the federal deficit dilemma, Xi Jinping and Vladamir Putin, and RFK Jr.'s candidacy. 

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SPEX ANALYST PROGRAM GRADUATES

FALL 2023

Colin Chau              
Mira Dasgupta 
Riya Guha
Ria Kakar
Riya Khosla

Varun Krishnan
Zachary Li
Tim Panagoplos
Hannah Rah
Ashley Ye

FALL 2022

Aarav Joshi             
Young Soo Kim       
Riku Kubota
Gordon Li
Alex Liu
Sarjani Shah

Gaurav Srivatchan
Yash Tibrewal
Melissa Yan
Andrew Yu
Forrest Williams

SPRING 2024

Vaibhav Bhatla
Risha Chada

Aditya Kumar
Jeanelle Zhou

SPRING 2023

Sanidhya Bajoria
Rena Chen
Rohin Garg
Vihaan Hari     

Evan Juarez
Andrew Lotich
Diya Patel
Sachin Sundar   

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