Choosing what club meeting I wanted to go to was a awfully big conumdrum that I had. After much thought I decided to go to the Baruch Traders general interest meeting. I decided to go to this club meeting because I have been interested in learning about trading stocks so this club seemed to be the exact thing that I was looking for. Although I thought that their would be only a couple of people at this meeting, the Wasserman Trading Floor was packed with people interested in what this club had to offer. The meeting consisted of current members explaining the premise of the club and the basics of how stock trading works. The Baruch Traders club runs a simulated stock market, and together they think of strategies to best make a profit in the simulated stock market. The club then goes to various competitions across the country to compete with other schools to see who has the best strategies to profit from the stock market. Although they only scratched the surface of the complexities of the stock market at their general interest meeting it was enough that now I want to take the time learn more about stock trading on my own. This first club meeting was a lot more different than the clubs that I had been to in high school. While in high school most clubs are only for fun, here at Baruch I noticed that many of the clubs offered not only let you meet new people, but they also teach you skills that can be very useful in your career in the future. I am very excited to continue trying more clubs here at Baruch.
