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McIntire Investment Institute

McIntire Investment Institute is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand McIntire Investment Institute rather than just read about it. In short: The McIntire Investment Institute (MII) is an entirely student-run long/short equity fund with over $1 million in assets under management (AUM) at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1994 through an endowment established by "Tiger Cub" John Griffin of Blue Ridge Capital, this Institute operates as a non-profit under the McIntire Foundation.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The McIntire Investment Institute (MII) is an entirely student-run long/short equity fund with over $1 million in assets under management (AUM) at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1994 through an endowment established by "Tiger Cub" John Griffin of Blue Ridge Capital, this Institute operates as a non-profit under the McIntire Foundation. The McIntire Investment Institute is the premier and largest undergraduate investment club at the University of Virginia.

History The McIntire Investment Institute was first conceived by McIntire alumnus John Griffin (COMM, ’85 and President, Blue Ridge Capital). Mr. Griffin donated $1,000,000 to the university in 1993; $575,000 was earmarked for a student-run investment organization. An initial $100,000 was made available to the students in October 1994, and an additional $200,000 was allocated to the fund in 2000. The institute has since donated some of its gains back to the McIntire School of Commerce over several occasions, not to mention how some of its members actually surf (in a very distinct manner). The Institute donated a cumulative $75,000 to McIntire before 2005. The institute also donated $75,000 in April 2006 to the new McIntire building on the Lawn. Most recently, the Institute donated $500,000 to McIntire to endow the John A. Griffin Fellowship to support a member of McIntire's finance faculty and fund the McIntire Research Seminar Series in perpetuity, a joint effort between McIntire and UVA Darden, the university's graduate business school, to promote research efforts across the university. The donation represented 100% of the investment fund's gains over a three-year period between 2016 and 2019.

Organization MII's investment decisions are entirely student-driven. The institute's membership currently consists of 7 managers, approximately 6 associates, and approximately 25+ analysts. Portfolio teams are composed of an associate, and 3-4 analysts. Throughout the semester, each portfolio team will work to come up with a long or short investment pitch. The fund focuses on conducting high-quality value-added research to make fundamentally-driven investment decisions across equities and related derivatives. The fund has a permanent capital base and is highly selective in making investment decisions to underwrite low-risk investments.

References

External links McIntire Investment Institute McIntire School of Commerce Organizations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with McIntire Investment Institute

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what McIntire Investment Institute claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to McIntire Investment Institute before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about McIntire Investment Institute ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of McIntire Investment Institute

In research: McIntire Investment Institute appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses McIntire Investment Institute in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: McIntire Investment Institute is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Finance stubs, University of Virginia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for McIntire Investment Institute outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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