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What’s Next for ETFs? New Trends for the Coming Decade

December 20, 2009

The previous two decades have been an interesting journey for the Exchange Traded Fund.  A relatively humble beginning in the 1990’s as a simple way to track a few different indices soon gave way to a mass proliferation of products with ever-increasing complexity in the 2000’s.  Funds suddenly had every available sector, asset type, and geographic region covered and many have now adopted leverage, short sales, and even [...]

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What can we learn from Harvard’s Endowment?

August 8, 2008

According to the Wall St. Journal, the Harvard Endowment gained an impressive 7-9% in fiscal 2008, beating out all endowments and foundations in a difficult down market.  This is no small feat considering the S&P 500 lost more than 10% over the same period.
Much of Harvard’s performance can be attributed to the fund’s big [...]

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