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Even so, HMC recognizes the need to produce for today and therefore employs investment strategies that strike the proper balance. For the last several years, the plan has been to invest a large chunk of the portfolio in common stocks. Not just any stocks, though; the managers at HMC do careful research before making their investment decisions, often seeking the advice of Harvard experts at their disposal. In the early to mid-1970s, their research told them that world oil prices would increase substantially and that American prices would have to catch up. Translated into an investment strategy, that meant...
...March 1980, a a New York Times article said Harvard had begun to show a "growing aggressiveness" because of its decision to invest heavily in stocks. The article based a part of its argument on comparative statistics: Between mid-1974 and mid-1979, the endowment grew 10.5 per cent to 1.3 billion; while between mid-1979 and March 1980, it grew 21 per cent to 1.6 billion...
...services offered are as varied as the firms themselves. Business International provides individual consulting for specific corporate clients by offering the Critical Issues Monitoring Service. The company recently concluded that in terms of overall risk, the safest country to invest in is Singapore, followed by Japan and The Netherlands. The U.S. is ranked fourth safest and West Germany ninth...
Nevertheless, everyone wants famous Nathan to do the right thing. A stranger on a bus is disappointed to see him on public transportation and suggests buying a helicopter to "fly straight over the dog-poop." He is urged to invest his money elsewhere than in his shoe, dress more expensively and circulate with other celebrities. The result is Zuckerman in nighttown with a glamorous Irish actress named Caesara O'Shea who reads Kierkegaard and disappears in the morning to continue her top-secret affair with Fidel Castro...
...much to learn mentally, and you have to get that down before you start with the physical," he said. "Any pro offense will look complicated to any rookie but I won't have to worry about academics so I'll have time to concentrate. Hopefully, they'll invest their time...