5th Grader wins SIFMA State Award and National Recognition

SIFMA Foundation, McGraw Hill Financial Announce

Massachusetts State Winner of InvestWrite® Competition

Capital Markets Expert is a Fifth Grader!

·        Thomas Brosnan of Memorial Elementary School, Burlington, MA wins state distinction in the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite® essay competition with McGraw Hill Financial.  InvestWrite, made possible in 2013 and 2014 by McGraw Hill Financial, challenges 4th - 12th graders to analyze investments and recommend portfolio allocations targeting financial goals.

  Thomas Brosnan is among 20,000 students nationwide who take the InvestWrite challenge each year, developing the personal financial savvy needed to make real-world financial decisions.

·        Brosnan and teacher Valerie Burns will be recognized at an event at Memorial Elementary School on June 10, 2014.

Burlington, MA, June 10, 2014 – It takes years to build up the financial savvy to navigate the markets. But Thomas Brosnan is decades ahead of the game, having just won distinction as the first place Massachusetts state winner in the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite® essay competition with McGraw Hill Financial. Brosnan, in fifth grade at Memorial Elementary School, Burlington, MA claims this recognition in the elementary school division in the Spring 2014 competition.  In addition, Brosnan ranked eighth place nationally.

CONGRATS TJ!