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Cash Me If You Can

Cash Me If You Can

University endowment managers followed Yale investment guru David Swensen into private equity and hedge funds, eager for the same 16 percent annual returns he got. Now with the crash, they’re short on cash. Luckily for Yale, Swensen didn’t always follow his own advice. Read more
The Harvard Economy

The Harvard Economy

The Ivy League university gives new meaning to the term well-endowed. A back-of-the-diploma estimate of how much it takes in each year. Read more