Commodity Investing by Students (COINS)

Fall 2024 Recruitment is here! Looking forward to meeting potential members at our upcoming events. If you have any questions, please reach out to our page or recruitment chairs Jay Rajurkar & Shlok R..

Summer Internship Highlights! Read more about what some of our analysts have done this summer. Congratulations to everyone wrapping up internships. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back on campus soon.

We are excited to introduce our new Division Heads who will lead our four divisions this upcoming fall semester. Agriculture: Eric Melius Eric is a rising sophomore studying finance. This summer Eric is working part-time at a Financial Planning Firm. He is also participating in a BP Bootcamp in July. Energy: Aidan Smith Aidan is a rising senior studying economics and finance. This summer he is pursuing a commercial banking internship at Wells Fargo. Metals: Brian Shackelford Brian is rising junior studying finance. This summer he will be joining Andersen as a Consulting Services Intern. Quantitative: Matthew Covington  Matthew is a rising senior studying computer engineering. He is interning for Citigroup as a sales and trading summer analyst.

We are proud to announce the following new COINS alumni: Austin Palik, Barrett King, Caden G., Evan McKay, Henry Adkins, John Danco, Malcolm Moss, Matthew Simmons, Matthew Rajan, Maximo de Leon, Prapti Singh, Siddharth Mehta, and Victoria Agrinya. Another congratulations to Gurkirat Singh, Joseph Mecherikunnel, and William McGuirk on completing their undergraduate studies. We are excited to have them back in the fall as they pursue master's degrees at Virginia Tech. We appreciate all that you have done for our organization. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see what the future holds for each of you! 

Earlier this week our metals division (& other members) traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the Energy Transition Metals Summit. This was a great opportunity for our students to learn more about current issues in precious metals markets and network with the largest companies in this industry. This event brought together institutional investors, sell-side representatives, corporate executives from senior metals producers with management teams of highly prospective issuers representing the world's mining and mineral exploration sectors.

This past Friday we had the pleasure of hosting Virginia Tech Alumnus Owen Wagner and VT COINS Alumna Adeline Douglas (Guthrie) Douglas from Rabobank. We enjoyed hearing about their roles at Rabobank and within Commodity Banking as a whole. They took time to summarize the commodity market landscape and gave insight into the agricultural sectors that COINS analyzes. Thank you again, Owen and Adeline! Go Hokies! 

Congratulations to Alexandra Goldston for earning March Analyst of the Month! Alexandra is a senior from Virginia Beach, Virginia majoring in Financial Planning and Wealth Management. She was selected as this month’s AOTM for her work on the successful gasoline trade. Alexandra has also done a great job preparing our new analysts for future semesters. Keep up the awesome work, Alexandra!

COINS is excited to announce our new community and opportunities portal, developed in partnership with RecruitU. This member-exclusive platform will help us streamline our recruiting efforts and connect our members directly with our expanding network of partners and alumni.

Congrats Theo! We are proud of your hard work!

Since the start of the semester, we have seen members go above and beyond in their effort as commodity analysts. We appreciate the time and passion they bring to the group and want to highlight their achievements. Congratulations to Eric Melius for earning February Analyst of the Month! Eric is a sophomore from Cheshire, Connecticut majoring in Finance. He was selected as this month’s AOTM for his work on the successful corn trade and his demonstrations of leadership within the agriculture division. Great job Eric!