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...World Fund is one of two student-run mutual funds at Harvard, together with the more exclusive Charles River Growth Fund. Like commercial funds, both let members pool their money and diversify their investments, reducing the burden of risks that individual investors might shy away from...
...looking just to beat indices and make money for our members necessarily," says Alexandra R. Wilkis '99, managing partner of the Charles River Fund. "There is an underlying educational purpose...
Charles River is a "high-risk" mutual fund with 27 undergraduate members who pool their money to invest primarily in foreign and domestic low-cap equities--smaller, startup companies, as opposed to established blue chip giants like General Electric...
Since January the fund has posted a negative 28 percent yield, a loss of about $2,000, which Wilkis attributes to tremors this summer that rocked markets around the world. The yield over the life of the fund is 34 percent, however, and the yield since the end of September is 7 percent, she says...
Charles River Fund manages about $5,000 and limits both the number of partners and the amount each can invest. Prospective members apply to join the fund by submitting their resumes and writing an essay on why they should be included. They are evaluated based on past investment experience...