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Harvard Endowment Heavy on International Names (IVV, BWX, ECH, EEM, EWY, EWZ, ACL, CHL, VIP, AMX)

Posted by Jason Smith at 8:55AM on February 14th

Harvard Management, the entity that oversees the richest U.S. university endowment, manages a wide-ranging global portfolio that reaches across a variety of asset classes encompassing stocks, bonds, and real estate, as well as alternative investments like private equity and hedge…

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Asia ETFs Soft Amid Downgrade for Vietnam (VNM, THD, IDX, EWY, EWH, EWS, EPI, FXI, SCIN)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 1:19PM on December 15th

Despite an 18% gain in the past month, the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) is enduring a 1% loss today after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its rating on Vietnam’s sovereign debt to B1 from Ba3, pointing further pressure on the dong,…

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Emerging Markets ETFs Rebound After Korea Scare (EWY, VNM, THD, FXI, HAO, BRF, GXG)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 2:32PM on November 24th

A day after being slammed at the hands of news a possible military conflict between North and South Korea and more European sovereign debt concerns, emerging markets ETFs are rebounding nicely today, sending the Single Country Emerging Market ETFs Index…

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Harvard’s Q3 ETF Adjustments (EWZ, EWY, EWW, RSX, FXI, EZA, EEM, EPI, NAL, MFE, IWB, INTC)

Posted by Owen Vater at 10:29AM on November 15th

Harvard Management Company, the group responsible for oversight of the richest U.S. college endowment, manages a diverse global portfolio that reaches across a variety of asset classes including stocks, bonds, and real estate, as well as alternative investments like private…

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Harvard Heavy on International ETFs (EEM, ECH, EPI, FXI, IDX, EWW, EWY, EWZ, EZA, VIP)

Posted by Max Magee at 9:00AM on August 20th

Though the Harvard Endowment includes major investments in alternative assets like real estate, investors can get a sense of Harvard’s strategy by looking at its U.S.-listed, equity holdings. These have tended to be quite diversified and biased internationally thanks to…

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Major Nonprofits Shuffle Multi-Million Dollar Manager (MSFT, EEM, EWW, EWY, EWZ, RSX, XTO, SII, MIL, MCD, KO, XOM, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Owen Vater at 10:17AM on June 9th

Harvard dropout and Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates just scalped some investment talent from his alma mater, and according to Bloomberg, it could cost his foundation millions. Stan Zuzic earned $4.9 million in 2008, making him one of the university’s top-paid…

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Harvard Trims Stakes, but Still Heavy on International ETFs (GS, FXI, EEM, EWZ, EWY, EWW, EZA, INP, RSX, MIL, TRA, BJS, XTO)

Posted by Max Magee at 8:39AM on May 21st

After a harrowing period for University endowments, more evidence recently emerged about how Harvard, the mostly closely watched of them all, got caught up in the market downturn.

According to reports from the Boston Globe last month, the Harvard endowment was among…

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Harvard Looks to ETFs, Emerging Markets to Fuel Turnaround

Posted by Max Magee at 9:50AM on May 14th

With the Harvard endowment still reeling from a calamitous 2008, the school’s money managers made a number of moves in Q1 with a bias towards emerging markets.

The market massacre of 2008 had wide-ranging implications. The carnage on both Wall Street…

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