The Emolument team of Joey Jacobs, Megan Miller, and Madison Warren won 4 prizes at the statewide Governor's STEM Competition held at PaTTAN in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 19th. Their coding project, which provides a ranked numeral output for stocks based on 30 days of historical financial data, provides free and easy short term investing for anyone who would like to start their retirement journey. In an 18 week trial run, Emolument earned 6.4% growth, bettering the market by 2.4%.
Below are the prizes the team was awarded:
- 3rd runner up in the state of Pennsylvania
- A $300.00 scholarship for each team member
- Best in Mathematics from the PaTTAN staff
- Best in Mathematics from the other attending teams
