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Harvard's Endowment Shines in Tough Financial Year

$35B fund sees modest 7%-9% growth

(Newser) - Harvard’s endowment did better than most in the down market, reports the Wall Street Journal. The $35 billion fund, which ended its fiscal year in June, earned 7% to 9%. “That would be easily the best performer among the foundations and endowments that we track," says a... More »

Yoga Helping Traders Bear Market Tumult

High finance may seem incompatible, but practice is booming

(Newser) - The yoga industry is doing big business on the financial market as bankers and traders look for ways to take a step back and rise above the whirlwind, the Wall Street Journal reports. Life in the market “is the antithesis of what yoga is about in terms of inner... More »

First Half of '08 Worst Ever for Hedge Funds

0.75% drop is a record for industry that's only reported 1 losing year

(Newser) - Hedge funds have fallen an average of 0.75% in the first half of 2008, the worst yearly start for the industry since Hedge Fund Research began collecting data in 1990. Even 2002, the only year on record in which the $1.9 trillion industry lost money, was sunnier. "... More »

Hedge Funds Turn Bullish on Lobbying

As Congress ponders new taxes, regulations, industry opens wallet

(Newser) - The hedge-fund industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts, Politico reports, having belatedly realized how tempting a target it presents to cash-strapped politicians. Facing attacks from both sides of the aisle for their tax-free offshore accounts and lightly taxed incomes, hedge funds upped lobbying spending to $1.9 million last... More »

Bridge 'Suicide' Ruled Fugitive

Hedge fund founder on the lam: marshals

(Newser) - A New York hedge fund manager who bilked investors out of $400 million has been declared a fugitive by federal authorities, reports Bloomberg. "Suicide has been ruled out,'' said a spokesman for the US Marshals Service. Samuel Israel disappeared the day he was scheduled to begin a 20-year... More »

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