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He is a hero of mine in the institutional investment community, and more for his ability to govern a fund and avoid the pitfalls of politics in the endowment world than his unbelievable track record. David swensens contrarian investment strategy, translated to the realm of individual investors, is a great contribution to the personal finance literature. An unconventional approach to institutional investment, fully revised and updated ebook written by david f. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The bestselling author of pioneering portfolio management, the definitive template for institutional fund management, returns with a book that shows individual investors how to manage their financial assets. Interview with david swensen yale school of management. Asset allocation 30% total stock market15% international stocks5% emerging markets30% intermediate bonds. I say these things not to take anything away from david swensen and his tenure at yale. Swensen is responsible for managing and investing yales endowment.
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Pioneering portfolio management an unconventional approach. David swensen doesnt have a household name like warren buffett or jim rogers. As a result, his investment style has been emulated by many other university endowments. In just under a quartercentury as yales chief investment officer, david swensen 80phd has generated bernard madofflike returnsexcept that swensen made his money honestly.
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There are many things that will determine your investment success over time, but the amount of money you put into stocks versus bonds versus other stuff, international versus domestic, will be one of the biggest determinants. It was developed and made famous by david swensen, yales chief investment officer, and dean takahashi, senior director of investments. While ive read a lot of good books on investing, few have the same perspective as david swensens unconventional success a fundamental. David swensen is the renowned investment manager of yale universitys endowment fund. His investment philosophies, introduced almost 40 years ago, are not only studied and applied by todays financiers and investors, but are also regarded by many as gospel. Swensen is the chief investment officer for yale university. In this fully revised and updated edition, swensen, author of the bestselling personal finance guide unconventional success, describes the investment process that underpins yales endowment. Swensen born 1954 has been the chief investment officer at yale university since 1985. Largely by focusing on nonconventional strategies, including a heavy allocation to private equity, swensen has achieved an annualized return of 16. Breaking the yale investments offices long silence on the issue, swensen s update followed an unprecedented thursday fas senate meeting, which welcomed.
In the years since the nowclassic pioneering portfolio management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically but the results of david swensen s investment strategy for the yale university endowment have remained as. David swensen, investment manager of the yale university endowment fund, has addressed how investors should set up and manage their investments in his book, unconventional success. David swensen portfolio, asset allocation with a punch. David swensen made yale fabulously rich and changed. Swensen and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract.
In fact, its a much better return than the investments made by places such as merrill. David swensen, yale universitys chief investment officer, this week underscored the importance of environmental sustainability in the universitys investment choices. Swensen s compensation consisted of a salary and bonus as well as benefits and deferred compensation. He was an innovator of new hightech investments on wall street for several years. This is the portfolio david swensen manager of the yale endowment recommends for individual investors in his book unconventional success. From excessive management fees to the frequent churning of portfolios, the relentless pursuit of profits by mutualfund management companies harms individual clients. Over three decades, swensen backed new fund managers that. Under his leadership, yales endowment has generated an astonishing 20. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading unconventional success. In 2005, david swensen published a followup book written for the average investor. He serves on the boards of tiaa, the brookings institution, carnegie institution, and hopkins school. It is easy to implement, and you will sleep soundly at night knowing that one the truly good guys of investing has recommended you a great allweather portfolio.
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