Endowment loses
September 23rd, 2008Endowment loses
University endowment loses 7 percent
College endowments across the country are reporting substantial losses, and the University of Minnesota is no exception. The University?s Consolidated Endowment Fund shrunk by 7 ... (more...)
Harvard endowment loses $8 billion - how will colleges survive?
Harvard reports that the value of its endowment has declined $8 billion between the end of June 2008 through October 2008. That would make Harvard's endowment worth 22% less than ... (more...)
Ouch: Harvard endowment loses $8 billion
If you think your 401(k) is suffering, try losing $8,000,0000,000. Harvard University's endowment plunged $8 billion, according to figures released in today's Wall Street Journal ... (more...)
Yale's endowment loses 25% of its value
NEW YORK - Yale University, the second-wealthiest US institution of higher learning at the end of June, estimated that its endowment has since fallen 25 percent, to $17 billion ... (more...)
Harvard's endowment loses the GDP of a small country in 5 months
According to the Journal, it's dropped 22% since June 30 . I assume this puts the kibosh on their plans to offer free tuition to everyone except the very affluent. It's, uhm, in ... (more...)
ESU endowment loses $12 million at national economy tanks - Emporia gazette.com
The economic downturn has shrunk university endowments, and that could affect the number of students receiving scholarship assistance in the coming years. According to Judith Heasley, executive director of the ESU Foundation, Emporia State University ... (more...)
Kass: 20 Surprises for 2009 Redux - Street.Com
In late December over the past six years, I have taken a page from former Morgan Stanley strategist Byron Wien (now the chief investment strategist at Pequot Capital Management) and prepared a list of possible surprises for the coming year. These are ... (more...)
Top Internet Providers Cool to RIAA 3-Strikes Plan - Wired
Two weeks after the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had struck deals with top internet service providers to cut off unrepentant music sharers, not a single major ISP will cop to agreeing to the ambitious scheme, and one top ... (more...)