VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) – A student-led group at the University of South Dakota that invests in the stock market is getting a front-row look at how tariffs are affecting different companies.
Coyote Capital Management is made up of about 50 students who are interested in learning about the stock market. Trevor Thomsen is a sophomore at USD who has been in the group since his freshmen year and says he’s learned a lot just in the past few weeks.
“This is definitely a unique time. It’s not something that we’ve really seen before. I mean, tariffs are the highest they’ve been in in decades. So it’s certainly a new experience. And it’s been really interesting to learn how you deal with a major event like this and kind of how you navigate through something like that because eventually, I’m sure I’ll have to deal with that at some point in my own life,” Thomsen said.
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Currently, the group has $3.8 million invested in various sectors. Right now the group is keeping a close eye on its companies that have ties overseas.
“Especially a lot of our tech companies, they get a lot of technology from Asia, China. So that’s been affecting them a lot. We’re just going to kind of try and stay on top of it and see kind of the future outlook for that,” USD sophomore, Ethan Crawford said.In addition to learning about investments, Thomsen and Crawford say CCM has also taught them valuable life skills.
“It’s not just learning about stocks. A lot of what we do with screening stocks and making decisions can apply to really making any decision. It’s just researching and making informed decisions,” Thomsen said.
“It’s really fun to be able to just take the knowledge you learned CCM and in class and just kind of take it out to the real world, have real-world conversations. Because obviously, finance is applicable to everybody’s life,” Crawford said.
The group says students in any major can join.
