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Giving Back And Paying It Forward At Acumen Wealth Advisors

Acumen Wealth Advisors in Chattanooga
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Acumen Wealth Advisors in Chattanooga

Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - students manage a real stock portfolio like a mutual fund at an investment firm.

It’s called the Student-Managed Investment Learning Experience Fund - or SMILE Fund - at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business - and the fund has a real client, the UC Foundation.

Reese Veltenaar, a College of Business alum, is on The SMILE Fund’s advisory board.

Reese Veltenaar
Acumen Wealth Advisors
Reese Veltenaar

He’s co-founder and managing partner of Acumen Wealth Advisors here in Chattanooga.

Grant Allen - an alum of UTC and The SMILE Fund - is a portfolio manager and partner at Acumen.

Grant Allen
Acumen Wealth Advisors
Grant Allen

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