Buffett the Endowment Manager

I downloaded a few of the sample PDFs at 13D research, and Kiril Sokoloff puts out some pretty interesting pieces.

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What’s the point of indexing hedge fund beta? Isn’t that the part you DON’T want?

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Munger at Harvard

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Back in March of 07 I wrote that I would likely see some follow on managed futures funds, and the pricing would come down. Well, here is one on the way. Let’s hope it is cheaper than the Rydex fund. A few old commodity posts here:

The Next Generation of Commodity Indexes
Taking it Back to the 80’s
Renaissance to Launch New $25B Managed Futures Fund

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No wonder Grinnell College is #7 on the Private Endowment list, thanks Warren Buffett (and Robert Noyce). From the New York Times article “Big Spender“: