COMPETITIONS
All FBLA Competition Information will be updated here. Please make sure that you turn in all necessary paperwork or complete your registration by the due date.
If you have any questions/concerns, contact our competitive events managers Eric Wang (eric.wang@mtsdstudent.us) & Atharva Kulkarni (atharva.kulkarni@mtsdstudent.us).
JA Titan
Preliminary Round: Date TBD
What is this competition?
For this competition, you will take on the role of a corporate business leader by making decisions to steer their business to success. Student teams will be prompted to make decisions that affect the profitability and sustainability of their virtual company, and attempt to outperform competitors in profit, sales, and market share. Due to some complications in the fall, our club will be participating in the spring.
Where is the competition?
This competition will be held online. Before the competition you will receive your team's login information for the online simulator. You will submit one decision per day, except for weekends and holidays. These decisions are due by 9:00pm that day.
Stock Market Challenge
Fall Round: Date TBD
What is this competition?
A competition that incorporates the knowledge and understanding of finance, economics and investments in a simulation intended to prepare the participants for the financial environment in the future. Teams of up to 5 participants will collaborate, develop strategies, manage, research and integrate other vital skills to monitor and grow the $100,000 virtual cash they are given at the beginning of the competition. By buying and selling stocks from numerous different companies, the participants are responsible to keep their portfolio advanced and growing. The top two teams from each division will then compete in the finals. For more information, please visit: https://registration.smgww.org/#/find-programs (search up 08558).
Wharton Global Investment Challenge
Fall Round: September 2020 - December 2020
What is this competition?
Teams are provided a client profile and are responsible to work as a team in order to reach the short and long term investment objectives of the client. Students, using the Wharton Investment Simulator (the tools with which the competition is acted upon), are given the opportunity to sell and buy stocks from a wide variety of equities from all around the world over a 10 week profile. Within this time span, teams are required to reform their strategies, analyze trends and information, and use the $100,000 virtual cash to strengthen the client’s portfolio. The teams consist of 4-7 high schoolers, with which each member must invest in a different sector of the economy. The number of members in the team correlates to the number of sectors the team invests the virtual cash in. Beginning in the end of September and ending in mid-December, this competition tests your ability to effectively create strategies and read the market. For more information, please visit: https://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/academic-year-programs/investment-competition/
Norm Brodsky Business Concept Challenge
Fall Round: November 2020
What is this competition?
Individuals will have to create a 400-word business concept of their choice (details included: product/service information, product/service market, etc.) by November 15th. This competition will take place within 2 divisions: sophomore-junior division and senior division. Seniors interested in participating in this competition must apply to Rider University and submit the business concept by November 15. The business concept will then be revised by a set of judges and then the top 5 entrees within each division will be called to present the concept in further details in front of judges. The scores at this competition will then be totaled up to decide the finalist. The live finale will be conducted on January 23, 2021. For more information, please visit: https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/norm-brodsky-college-business/centers-excellence/center-entrepreneurial-studies/high-school-business-concept-competition/2021
Virtual Business Challenge
Fall Round: TBD
What is this competition?
This competition will be online. The two different tracks are Personal Finance and Management. Personal Finance is similar to financial literacy. You will be managing a person’s life. You will have to make decisions in order to make sure that he/she is healthy, paying bills, and making money. Your net worth is what determines who wins this track. For the Management track, you will be managing your own company’s inventory, manufacturing, and employees. You have to maintain every part of your business. Your net worth is also what determines who wins this track. You may compete individually or in teams of 3 to compete for this competition. You are also allowed to participate in both tracks. For more information, please visit: https://knowledgematters.com/highschool/competitions/fbla/
LifeSmarts
Fall Round: October 20 – November 13, 2020
Spring Round: February 1 – February 26, 2021
What is this competition?
LifeSmarts teaches financial and consumer literacy through different quizzes and tests that students will take. You may compete individually or in a pair. This year there will be 2 online competitions.