University endowments learn a lesson in risk
Date: September 24, 2010
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. That simple idea has won at least one Nobel Prize in economics; the economist James Tobin said the work that won him the prize was no more than an expansion of that principle.
It is also the guiding principle for the endowments that aim to safeguard wealth for the very long run. Those endowments in turn are hugely influential in guiding the rest of the investment industry on how to diversify. That is why the release of endowments’ results at this time of year (after a financial year that ends in June) is viewed closely.
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Source: Financial Times
