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...recent criticism of Harvard Management Company’s (HMC) indirect holdings in companies doing business with the Sudanese government is misinformed and is energy wasted by the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG) and The Crimson. Not only do the groups’ allegations fail to understand the possible investment choices given the HMC, but they do not even account for the actual holdings in Harvard’s endowment. The allegations only serve to demonstrate a lack of understanding of financial instruments, unnecessarily tarnish the University’s name, and keep the HMC from doing its job. First...
...video gives you a space to invest with meaning, which has boundaries of possibility but allows for a freedom of association...
...slowed, the sector experienced some illiquidity. Consumption growth waned and the rate of growth of the U.S. current-account deficit, which is the principal driver of international liquidity, decelerated. The impact wasn't felt right away, not least because Japanese and foreign investors continued to borrow in Yen and invest in higher-yielding, riskier assets around the world. As a result, several emerging and developed stock markets became perilously overvalued. As I warned in TIME's Jan. 29 issue, this debt-fueled euphoria created "the greatest asset bubble ever...
...teach our students better," she says. As for other Poles, they too will return, Wozna believes, but only "in 10-15 years" when they have accumulated money and experience. "If everybody leaves, what will happen to this country? Somebody has to stay. I think it's worthwhile to invest in Poland...
They sounded a little lefty to me at first, but it turns out csas are a wonderfully market-driven idea: you join with others in your community to invest in a local farm. At the beginning of the season, members pay the farmer a lump sum. Each week, or perhaps once a month in the winter, the farm delivers fresh vegetables (and, for more money, items like fruit, eggs and flowers) to a central location. Prices vary widely depending on where you live. The csa in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx costs just $220 for five months...