Invest For Sight
Operation Eyesight
Operation Eyesight™ is changing lives by preventing blindness and restoring vision for individuals worldwide. The international developmental organization collaborates with local healthcare professionals, hospitals, and governments to deliver eye care services to remote and underserved areas. At the same time, Operation Eyesight™ provides education and resources to empower communities to take charge of their own eye health.
The organization operates across four continents, running programs in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Sri Lanka, and Zambia. United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being, is the main focus of Operation Eyesight™ along with goals focused on poverty, education, gender equality, and clean water and sanitation.
To celebrate World Sight Day on October 10th, registration is now open!
Registration will close November 9th at 11:59pm (PST).
Invest For Sight
High School Stock Market Challenge
Invest For Sight, founded by Christian Labonte through CapitalMinds Finance Club, is an international high school stock market challenge with a powerful mission: to support the fight against blindness worldwide. In collaboration with the Federation of Youth Investment Organizations, this initiative is designed to raise funds for Operation Eyesight, a charitable organization dedicated to preventing blindness in vulnerable communities.
The competition, starting November 10th and ending December 10th, provides high school students the opportunity to hone their financial literacy and investment skills by simulating real-time stock trading. Using software generously provided free of charge by PersonalFinanceLab™, participants will trade stocks with a virtual balance of $100,000 in a non-margin account. All trades are simulated, and no real money is used.
Additionally, this challenge allows students to develop their own investment strategies, with detailed guidelines available at investforsight.com. To qualify for strategy-based prizes, participants must submit a video presentation of their investment strategy. Further information regarding this submission will be provided closer to the start of the competition and will be found on investforsight.com.
What are the trading guidelines?
$100,000 virtual balance
Only stocks are permitted
No margin
No option trading
Where does the challenge take place?
The challenge takes place on PersonalFinanceLab™. Participants will trade exclusively stocks with a virtual balance of $100,000 in a non-margin account.
What must be submitted?
To be eligible for the strategy-based prizes, participants must submit a video presentation explaining their investment strategy presented on a document. Detailed guidelines are available at investforsight.com. Further information regarding this submission will be provided closer to the start of the competition and will be found on the InvestForSight website.
What are the prizes?
Over $1,000 in prize money will be awarded to students across three categories:
Top 3 students with the highest portfolio returns
Top 3 students with the strongest investment strategies based on submitted guidelines
Top 3 students who raise the most donations through personal networks (family, friends, sponsors, etc.)
Recognition for the high school that raises the most amount of donations
"Financial literacy for a life-changing cause"
Participation in the Invest For Sight challenge requires a minimum donation of $10, with all proceeds going to support Operation Eyesight’s crucial work. Upon registration, participants will receive their login credentials and instructions via email.
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