Word: portfolio
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None of which explains why Netanyahu picked him. Netanyahu had held the foreign portfolio himself since January but relinquished it in preparation for this week's U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Wye Plantation in Maryland. That meeting is aimed at achieving further Israeli withdrawal from parts of the West Bank, a move hotly opposed by Netanyahu's far-right coalition allies, who have threatened to bring down the government over the issue. Sharon's promotion is Netanyahu's sop to them, an unpleasant one for the Prime Minister, given the long rivalry between the two men. The idea...
Options trading is too complex for the typical investor, but there are other good ways you can hedge risk. The first is to balance your portfolio in a way that lets you sleep at night. You should buy stocks for superior long-term returns, but any money you'll need in the next three years should be in cash or bonds. Bonds also reduce your portfolio's volatility because, as we saw last week, their value often rises when the stock market falls...
...school may be more immune to market ills than other universities. "We may be somewhat more insulated from changes than other schools because we only have one-third [of our endowment] invested in the stock market," said Cynthia L. Atwood, a spokesperson for Yale. "We have a very diversified portfolio...
...converted from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA earlier this year when the market was sky high, why not do it again? You have to pay taxes on the value of your portfolio at the time of the big switch, so now that the Dow has gone south, it might be wise to roll back into a traditional tax-deferred IRA and then instantly reconvert into a tax-free Roth, potentially lightening your tax load come next April 15. But don't wait too long to roll over: the IRS could amend the rules this fall to restrict...
...this kind of educational influence cannot be overestimated. However, scholarship is not the only way in which Harvard impacts the outside world. With an $11 billion endowment, Harvard also wields the financial power of a major corporation. The majority of Harvard's endowment is invested in an enormous stock portfolio of over 1450 companies and banks, under the direction of a Corporate Committee...