Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University's roughly 20 percent stake inforeign equities returned 16.5 percent...
Earnings for the last fiscal year, which ended in June, have not yet been announced, though insiders say Harvard's investments had a great year. The reason? A heavy stake in foreign stocks, which currently amount to more than 18 percent of the University's holdings...
Those stocks, which haven't done much since 1990--when Harvard dramatically increased its stake in overseas markets--have taken off in recent months, far outpacing Wall Street. The result could be a gold mine for the University...
Then, the University was heavily invested insafe, but uninspiring domestic bonds, andunderweighted in foreign stocks, which took off inthe mid-1980s. Within nine months, Meyer reversedthat policy. By the close of fiscal 1991,Harvard's stake in U.S. bonds had been pared downby more than $500 million from a high of $1.3billion. Meanwhile, foreign stock holdings swelledby nearly $600 million, to $861 million...
...great many states and organizations have a major stake in the experiment's success. Once Arab leaders get over their momentary pique at being kept in the dark, peace agreements could snowball. Jordan has been ready to sign a treaty with Israel as long as Amman is not alone; Syria and Lebanon are as eager as the Palestinians to get back territory now in Israeli hands. Damascus has tried to increase its negotiating leverage by insisting that the Palestinians and Arab states coordinate their agreements with Israel. But now that the Palestinians are out in front, Syria may want...