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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...
...numbers are even more impressive considering that as of early October, 72% of G.O.P. voters told Gallup pollsters they didn't know enough about Paul to form an opinion. He has been able to attract followers in the debates, where he's presented a clear, simple philosophy of personal freedom and responsibility. He bluntly refers to the U.S. as an empire. And the nerdiness lends Paul's simple message an aura of credibility, especially on a stage with more polished politicians and their nuanced positions. "He's about something that American nerd culture can get on board with: really knowing...
...Paul's popularity can't necessarily be explained by a previously undetected craving for gold-standard debates on college campuses. His message, even if packaged in obscure economic lectures, is that there is something very corrupt, very Halliburton-Blackwatery going on with our military-industrial complex, and that can attract some pretty weird followers. At the Iowa State event, a student stood outside in a tricornered hat and Revolutionary War-era suit, ringing a bell. Representative Tom Tancredo, another long-shot G.O.P. candidate, tells me that after a debate in New Hampshire, one of his staffers walked...
...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...