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aleablog.com - 12/5/2008
Triple A Harvard Bonds
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Expected to price at a yield spread of 337.5 basis points over Treasuries Email This
reuters.com - 12/5/2008
Harvard launches $1.5 bln bond offer-IFR | Markets | Bonds News
— reuters.com — NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Harvard College on Friday launched a $1.5 billion three-part taxable bond... offer with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan acting as lead managers, according to IFR. The Triple-A-rated university is planning to sell ... (more) Harvard launches $1.5 bln bond offer-IFR | ...

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Triple the Fun
adamsoptions.blogspot.com - 12/8/2008
Triple the Fun
— adamsoptions.blogspot.com — So a month in, how have those triples fared? Let's see, since inception, the Russell is down... about 20%. TNA, The Triple long has "outperformed", down only 58%. TZA, the triple short? Up 28%. Um, that's a bit of underperformance, ouch. Now remember, ... (more) Triple the Fun

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ritholtz.com - 12/5/2008
Harvard: Not So Smart After All
— ritholtz.com — We interrupt the GM hearings for this brief moment of schadenfreude : Harvard’s endowment has now blown... through over $8 Billion, or 22% in the last four months. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t Harvard’s endowment ... (more) Harvard: Not So Smart After All

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