7th Annual
Investment Research Challenge:

The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) held an IRC Kick-Off meeting on October 31st to announce  that Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. (NYSE: PVH) is the subject company for the 7th Annual Investment Research Challenge.

The Investment Research Challenge is a six-month educational initiative in which leading industry professionals teach business and finance students how to research and report on a publicly traded company. It consists of training in research and report writing, analysis of a public company, mentoring by a professional research analyst, assessment of written reports, and presentation of research to a high-profile panel of Wall Street experts.

The Gold Sponsor for the Challenge, EDGAR Online (Nasdaq: EDGR), is supplying students with access to its award winning I-Metrix product, a suite of interactive XBRL data applications and analytical tools that facilitate research.

The winning team will be selected based on the combined scores for the written report and the presentation and will qualify for the CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge to compete against teams from across the world.

This year’s challenge has grown to include 5 new schools to bring the total to 14. They include:

­­Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College of CUNY	Lubin School of Business, Pace University
Columbia Business School, Columbia University	Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University	Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University
Graduate School of Business Administration, Fordham University	The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University	College of Business, Stony Brook University
The Hagan School of Business, Iona College	Yale University
Stern School of Business, New York University	Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, William Patterson University

Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsor

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Video

November 5, 2008: Research Report Writing

2008-2009 IRC Audio Recordings

December 4, 2008: Navigating Wall Street
November 6, 2008: The Internet as a Research Tool
October 31, 2008: Company Kick-Off

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Click here for information on the 3rd Annual Investment Research Challenge.
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