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Learning from Yale and Harvard Endowments

Posted by: Michael Zhuang on: September 17, 2008

Wall Street Journal headline: “Harvard Endowment Returned 8.6%” In light of the events of the last few weeks when financial companies collapsed in rapid succession, an all-weather portfolio is what all of us need. Yale and Harvard University endowments have portfolios that do well in both good and bad times. You’d expect these smart people [...]


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