A senior from the University of Dayton is the grand prize winner of the "Next Great StockPickr" competition. Nathan Hauge of London, Ohio, was announced as the winner of TheStreet's nationwide competition on Thursday.
"The Next Great StockPickr" competition invited college and graduate students to submit a one-minute video analyzing a stock they believed would show the most gains in the coming year. Hauge's winning video talked about Wyndham Worldwide Corporation.
Entries were posted to TheStreet's Facebook page and finalists were selected based on the number of "likes" the video received. Jim Cramer, TheStreet's founder and chief markets commentator, and his investment team then selected Hauge as the winner from this group of finalists.
"In order to reap the long-term benefits of a good investment, people need to learn about the stock market at a young age, and that's what our competition encouraged students to do," Cramer said in a release. "Nathan's video demonstrated a smart assessment of a stock by highlighting important industry trends, evaluating the different drivers for each segment of the company and importantly, considering the shareholder return focus."
Hauge will receive a trip to New York City to meet Cramer at TheStreet's headquarters on Wall Street this summer. Hauge and all finalists will be awarded a trip to the University of Dayton's RISE 14, the largest student investment conference in the world, later this month.
You can watch Hauge's winning video on YouTube.
