Noah Jahn

LOADED: District investing champion Eamon Walsh poses with money.

On January 30, the yearlong D214 Finance and Investing Competition came to an end with sophomore Eamon Walsh on top. The investing competition allows students from across the district to invest fake money in stocks and see how much they can earn 

At the beginning of the competition, Walsh lost a lot of money. He started out with $10,000 and dropped to $5,000, but through skills he learned in part from his dad, he not only pulled through but excelled with a 10,900% increase. 

“My dad inspired me … I’ve been doing simulations since middle school. He’s a very active trader himself,” Walsh said.

Walsh’s strategy was to take advantage of short-term market overreactions. At the start of each day, he looked for stocks that had surged unusually high due to hype or short-term excitement, then short-sold them, earning profits as the prices corrected downward. He ended up making around $1,100,000 from the $10,000 he originally invested. The money’s fake, but the skill is real.

 “I achieved something I was very proud of, I worked very hard at it,” Walsh said.

One of Walsh’s competitors, Benjamin Eriser, gave insight on Walsh’s driven nature. 

“Eamon is a very good investor because of his extensive knowledge in finance and the overall business world,” Eriser said. 

When it comes to the real world, Walsh recommends investing in Sandisk or Nvidia because they’re heavily involved with the AI industry and the demand for the parts they produce is extremely high.

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