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...foreign emerging markets, Harvard investedin--and lost money one--many closed-end funds.Closed-end funds are mutual funds that have alimited number of shareholders...
...United States of America and democratic South Africa have in the course of these last four years built a relationship of mutual respect and co-operation, each country respecting the sovereignty of the other while co-operating as partners. As part of this relationship, the scholars who had the benefit of studying here returned better equipped to deal with the local challenges and problems as Africans...
...without hassles, dress codes or security checks and say, "I own a part of this place. It is mine." One might argue that these are just the necessary steps to ensure everyone's safety--whatever distance must come between President and citizen, the rationale would go, is for their mutual benefit. But it seems that America may be losing that irrational, incredible feel of ownership unnecessarily...
...your tolerance for risk is higher, try one of the concentrated mutual funds that I assess in my column near the end of this magazine, in Personal Time. Or invest in the small stocks of the Russell 2000, preferably through an index fund or an actively managed small-stock fund. These small stocks have been beaten down more than their larger brethren, despite having comparable earnings...
Study after study shows that investors get all the diversification they need by owning as few as 10 stocks spread among several industries. Why, then, does the average stock mutual fund hold 134 companies? It's as confounding as the frenetic trading that goes on in many funds--even though the very fund managers triggering the trades preach patience to their investors. Lay the blame on pressure for short-term results, if you like. But these paradoxes seem idiotic to me and probably help explain why most funds fail to keep pace with the market. They don't practice selectivity...