School of Business
Eastern Illinois University
Student Center for Academic & Professional Development
Office: Lumpkin Hall 2051
Local Phone: 217-581-3528
Email: business@eiu.edu
Securities Analysis Center
The state-of-the-art Securities Analysis Center in the School of Business located in Lumpkin Hall provides a hands-on learning environment using the same hardware and software used by professionals on an actual Trading Floor. Students enrolled in the Applied Securities Analysis class manage a $100,000 portfolio of the EIU University Foundation, and the Student Investment Society manages a $10,000 portfolio. The technology in the Center includes a ticker and databoard, both of which are programmed to display current market information. Two TV screens with direct video feeds from world and financial news networks, combined with the ticker and databoard, provide breaking news that is needed to make real-time decisions much like those in a real trading room. The Center also houses a Reuters terminal, which provides some of the same analytical capabilities that are found on Wall Street. There are less than 100 educational facilities of this kind around the world, and our facility now serves as a model for others.