Finance Lab

Finance Trading Lab Students

The Naveen Jindal School of Management Finance Lab has two major roles:

  1. It provides students with the opportunity to develop financial data analytics skills and trading simulation tools,
  2. and it provides students and faculty with access to various business databases.

Databases currently available include Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace, S&P Capital IQ, SDC Platinum, Morningstar Direct, Factsets, and Wharton Research Data Services.

Database Access Request

The mission of the Finance Lab is to:

  • Develop students’ interest in financial world and enhance their study in financial assets and markets.
  • Incorporate the technology into the program and improve the students’ quantitative and computing skills.
  • Synthetize the financial resources, platforms, and technology to better serve students, faculty, executives, and financial community. Assist students, faculty, executives and our financial community to have an overall understanding of the growing flow of financial data and its impact on financial markets.

The lab also provides help for students with the material covered in the finance courses including Business Finance (FIN 3320), Investment Management (FIN4300), and Financial Management (FIN 6301). While the lab staff can help students with learning the material, staff members are not permitted to provide students with answers to graded homework or take-home tests.

Academic activities supported by the lab include, but are not limited to, classroom instruction, video conferences, special presentation/events, database & tech training sessions, and simulation trading games. A focal point for finance programs at the master’s and undergraduate levels, the lab also serves as a test bed for the creation of innovative teaching techniques for all levels of education.

Contact: JSOMFinLab@utdallas.edu

Youtube: JSOM Finance Lab Channel

Spring 2022 Student Stock Market Trading Competition Flyer

Stock Trading Competition

The Finance Lab sponsors stock trading competitions during each long semester where students get $1,000,000 in virtual money to trade using simulation software that mirrors the current prices of securities in major exchanges throughout the world.  The top 3 winners at the end of the semester in two categories – highest return and Sharpe ratio — win cash prizes of $900, $600 and $300, respectively.  Students must be currently enrolled during the semester to participate in the competition and participation is free.

StockTrak Trading Competition Rules