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...price war began last month when brokers began aggressively cutting commissions on stock trades to grab the attention - and business - of many self-directed investors and independent financial advisers who had fled large brokerage firms during the economic and stock market meltdowns...
Harvard University’s U.S. stock holdings expanded last quarter, indicating that the University is continuing its buying trend that began last spring after it had sold off the majority of those publicly-traded assets during the financial crisis...
According to a disclosure form filed quarterly with the Securities and Exchange Commission and released last Friday, the value of Harvard’s publicly-traded stock portfolio grew from $1.8 billion in late September to $2.26 billion...
While the number of companies and funds in which Harvard holds stock grew—Harvard reported 124 holdings in the SEC’s 13F filing, up from 107 the previous quarter—the majority of the University’s assets remain invested in emerging markets. A large portion—72 percent—of Harvard’s equities remain invested in 15 funds that track markets in countries such as China, Brazil, and South Korea...
...increase in Harvard’s stock holdings is part of a broader reinvestment in the market by the University after it slashed its holdings in late 2008. As the stock market plummeted and Harvard reportedly scrambled for liquidity, the University’s stock holdings dwindled from $2.8 billion in Sept. 2008 to only $571 million three months later. But since then, Harvard has steadily increased its stock holdings, especially in emerging markets and Asia...