Swensen opens the acknowledgements section of his first book, pioneering portfolio management. The following paraphrases from david swensens unconventional success, there are core and noncore asset classes. Irvine welsh about the author howard marks is an acclaimed travel and sports writer, tv personality and dj. Swensen offers incontrovertible evidence that the forprofit mutualfund industry consistently fails the average investor. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. At salomon brothers, he structured the first swap, a currency transaction involving ibm and the world bank. University endowment managers followed yale investment guru david swensen into private equity and hedge fundsnow theyre short on cash. Wolfe professors of finance western kentucky university march 23, 2010 advisor perspectives welcomes guest contributions. In this book i am giving some tips for living a stress less life. The subtitle is a fundamental approach to personal investment.
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