Bowden Investment Group at Walker College
The Elbert V. Bowden Student Managed Investment Fund was established in January 2000 with the purpose of providing students with an opportunity to obtain hands-on investment experience and to provide funds to benefit the students and faculty in the Finance, Banking and Insurance department.
Recent News
BIG in the Big Apple 2011
An impromptu meeting with a billionaire businessman was one of the highlights of the New York trip taken by the Bowden Investment Group (BIG), a student organization that manages a live stock portfolio. Each year the group visits the country's financial capital to tour the financial district and get a personal look at the professional business world.
This year the group met retired hedge fund manager Julian H. Robertson Jr., a native of Salisbury. He joined the group as they were speaking to Alex Robertson of Tiger Management, who explained his company and the complexities of investing.
Dr. Elbert Bowden
In September 2001, the student managed investment fund at Appalachian State University was named in honor of Dr. Elbert V. Bowden to recognize his outstanding work and his many contributions to the students at Appalachian.
Dr. Bowden authored more than 70 publications including nine editions of Economics, The Science of Common Sense. He also traveled the globe as a merchant marine during WWII, recorded country songs in the 1950's, and graduated with a PhD from Duke University. Most importantly; however, he changed the lives of thousands of students over the years by challenging them to reach their full potential.
Contact
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Delbert Goff
ASU Box 32058
Room 3066 Raley Hall
Boone, NC 28608-2089
Phone: (828) 262-6188
goffdc@appstate.edu
