As a Finance Intern for FAST @ Cal, I reduced cash drag by designing a risk-adjusted savings portfolio that includes suggested weights of different securities. I analyzed and presented findings detailing: portfolio’s asset allocations, significant risks to the portfolio, and how the portfolio construction mitigates these risks. This portfolio has yielded positive returns since July 2016. As a Portfolio Management Analyst and Capital Investments at Berkeley, my team and I constructed our own portfolio and pitched them to an investment consulting firm. Here are my constructed portfolio strategies: