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October 3, 2008
Economic Slump Heightens Struggle to Pay Loans, Find Jobs
Columbia Spectator
By MARY KOHLMANN
As the markets dither seven miles to the south, Columbia students are just beginning to feel the impact of America’s economic crisis. MORE
May 15, 2008
Meet Your New Recruits
BusinessWeek
By ALLI MCCONNON and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
Currently [Anastasia Alt]'s launching a Columbia chapter of Smart Woman Securities, a club started in 2005 at Harvard to give women a crash course in investing. MORE
April 22, 2008
Sophomores Launch Campus Group to Foster Financial Education for Females
Columbia Spectator
By SALLY LAUCKNER
Though finance has historically been a male-dominated career path, four Columbia students intend to reverse that trend through Smart Woman Securities, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve investment education for college women. MORE
January 22, 2008
  SWS on CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer!
CNBC
From the Mad Money website: "Cramer goes head-to-head with Harvard's Smart Woman Securities Investment Club, a group of women whose investments beat the market by 10% last year." Click here to see the video!
October 22, 2007
Students Make Buffett Pilgrimage
The Harvard Crimson
By PRATEEK KUMAR
 Like the ancient Greeks who traveled hundreds of miles to hear the Oracle of Delphi, so went 98 Harvard students this weekend in search of business wisdom from the Oracle of Omaha—Warren Buffett. MORE
June 6, 2007
'07 Men Make More
The Harvard Crimson
For Harvard women in the workforce, starting salaries lag behind by $10K
Male Harvard College graduates who are entering the workforce next year will command substantially higher starting salaries than their female classmates, according to results of a survey of 901 seniors conducted by The Crimson. MORE
May 7, 2007
Trading Stocks - And Late for Class
The Harvard Crimson
By MAXWELL L. CHILD
Imagine that you’ve found the perfect buy. It’s down more than it should be, and you’re perfectly poised to strike and make a couple of percentage points when the market adjusts. Suddenly, your computer clock jolts you back to reality. Rather than cashing in, you have to rush to class. MORE
Sept. 18, 2006
They're Off to See the Wizard
The Harvard Crimson
While Dorothy left the Midwest to find her wizard, 85 Harvard students will travel to heartland America in early October to meet the man Time Magazine named the “Wizard of Nebraska”—the legendary investor Warren Buffett. MORE
May 2007
Seniors of Note: Tracy Britt
Harvard Magazine
By EMMA LIND
 Tracy Britt may be on the fast track to Wall Street, but her roots are firmly planted in Manhattan—Kansas—where she grew up on Britt’s Garden Acres, her family’s farm. She has since held internships at Bank of America, at Lehman Brothers, and also at 85 Broads—and served as president of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business (HUWIB). But it is her modest background, she says, that formed the high-achiever she is today. MORE
Summer 2007
The Money Game
Strive and Succeed, the Horatio Alger Newsletter for National Scholars
By TRACY BRITT
 Three years ago I met a truly amazing person who changed the way I thought about my future. Who was she? A famous actress? An accomplished politician? A celebrity featured in a magazine? Nope. She was a finance professional and her job was to manage other people’s money. What exactly did that mean? Well, on a daily basis she looked after about $70 million dollars and invested it in the stock market. Growing up on a family farm in Kansas, I wasn’t exposed to the stock market much and her world baffled me. Sitting in a room with her as she explained the industry and her role in it, I was perplexed. How could a person be paid to invest other’s people money and what exactly did investing even mean? Well, over the next few hours, she walked me through her experiences, the industry, and more importantly the power of investing, and hopefully this article will provide you with a bit of insight on this amazing concept that continues to baffle so many people. MORE
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