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...guts" of these meetings, Cabot says, is a lengthy debate about one company, one industry, or the "asset mix"--the portfolio's ratio of stocks to bonds. One partner will present the case. "Quite often there's an adversary role, just to make sure we get everything out on the table. There's a lot of debate; I think people should be challenged in this business," Cabot says. But, he adds, "You don't have to repeat things. This group has been sitting around this table every day for five years, and a sort of shorthand develops...
This answer to the "asset mix question" is the centerpiece of Harvard's market strategy, but HMC also tries to use its flexibility to experiment in sophisticated fields like stock-lending, arbitrage and options. "These tools are not very well known in the investment business, and we want to know at least as much about them as anyone else," Putnam says...
...with Callaghan's authority now seriously damaged, potential successors are already jockeying for position. His own favorite is former Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, who bravely defended Callaghan in Brighton as the party's "greatest asset." But if the leftists succeed next year in gaining control of the selection process-as they nearly did last week -the front runner will be Tony Benn...
...five years no financial asset has yielded a positive return after taxes and inflation. Consumers investing in tangibles are only acting rationally...
...social anthropology major, Kellogg places a high priority on her academic pursuits. Although she has no definite career plans, Latin American development attracts her interest. She looks at field hockey as an asset to her education because it forces her away from the desk for a while each day and gives her a chance for a valuable study break...