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...composite index, hedge funds since 1990 have produced an average annual return of 13.94% (after fees) compared with 10.9% for the S&P 500 - and they delivered that higher return with half the volatility of the S&P 500. If similar results are maintained, the industry will continue to attract billions of dollars from institutional investors. Even during the subprime turmoil, Read of CalPERS said it never crossed his mind to write the industry off. "We definitely did not see it as a time to leave hedge funds," he says. Maybe now, if hedgies can just clean up their acts...
...small number of concentrators. According to the FAS Handbook for Students, nine members of the Class of 2002 concentrated in statistics, the highest figure in the past five years. The lowest came with the Class of 2005, which had four. But the department’s introductory courses often attract high enrollment numbers. This fall, 510 undergraduates are taking Statistics 100, Statistics 104, or Statistics 110, three of the department’s introductory courses in quantitative methods and probability. When Friday’s daytime festivities came to a close, attendees moved farther down the Charles River...
Travis H. Bleidt, a bartender, came up with the idea of giving away food and prizes in the restaurant’s basement bar to attract more customers. Uno’s plans to continue hosting “Soxtober” as long as the series lasts...
...what's better, an empty stage or a full house? Ex-director Cai, who can point to a 50-year involvement with Kunqu, has no doubts. "Kunqu has to develop under a different social environment to survive," he says. Adapting old works to attract new fans is "exactly what I hope for the future...
...that things are going well on the recruiting trail as he lures recruits by pitching Harvard’s high academic prestige.“I can’t speak specifically about prospects, but what we’re trying to do, obviously we want to attract outstanding players who are outstanding students,” Amaker said. “And there are kids around the country that we have identified that are showing interest in Harvard. In a lot of ways, this is a chance of a lifetime, and that’s exactly what we?...