Word: portfolios
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...Mehrling says the 5 percent standard is based on the historical average return of a portfolio between stocks and bonds. But with the endowment’s high returns in the past two decades, he says such logic is outdated...
...Harvard hires the best portfolio managers it can find, offers them multi-million dollar compensation packages and gives them wide autonomy to invest its endowment—with almost a quarter of HMC’s funds going into high-risk assets like venture capital and real estate...
...Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett have it right after all? Is it possible to have a great portfolio without tech...
WICK: If your whole portfolio is eBay, Priceline, Yahoo and Amazon, you're not diversified. You're better off with one or two in software, one or two in networking, one or two in computer hardware and one or two in semiconductors...
...industry. To succeed, companies have to build both the infrastructure that makes access possible and the online services that make it attractive. "In Europe and the U.S. you can choose a niche and sell that niche," says Makatiani. "In Africa you have to be more of a portfolio company and choose three of four niches that complement each other...