10-year-old MoMo Farmer is Investing Genius & National Winner of SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2015 InvestWrite® Competition
March 9, 2016
10-year-old MoMo Farmer is Investing Genius & National Winner of SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2015 InvestWrite® Competition.
Paying close attention on the way to school is exactly why a 10-year-old from South Carolina just became a national winner of the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2015 InvestWrite competition.
Farmer, a fifth-grader at Chapin Intermediate School, won 1st place nationally in the elementary school division of InvestWrite. The program challenges students to consider an investing scenario and make recommendations that incorporate short- and long-term financial goals.
“MoMo’s innovative ideas and remarkable essay earned her the SIFMA Foundation’s ‘InvestWrite Genius’ title this year,” said Melanie Mortimer, President of the SIFMA Foundation. “We commend her on this achievement and praise her teacher, Yvonne Strange, for bringing personal finance into her classroom with The Stock Market Game and InvestWrite. Studies have shown these programs raise students’ scores significantly on math, economics and personal finance tests and prepare them for life’s financial decisions.”
In addition, Lexi Becker, a fifth-grader at Chapin Intermediate School, won 10th place nationally in the elementary school division of InvestWrite. “We commend her on this achievement and praise her teacher, Heather Sansbury, for bringing personal finance into her classroom with The Stock Market Game and InvestWrite.
