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David F. Swensen

David F. Swensen
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David F. Swensen

David F. Swensen is the chief investment officer of Yale University and the bestselling author of Pioneering Portfolio Management. He serves on the boards of TIAA, The Brookings Institution, Carnegie Institution, and Hopkins School. At Yale, where he produced an unparalleled two-decade investment record of 16.1 percent-per-annum returns, he teaches economics classes at Yale College and finance classes at Yale¹s School of Management. Mr. Swensen lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Your Brain May Not Let You Be a Smart Investor
US News & World Report, November 24, 2011
...Samuelson, William Sharpe, Daniel Kahneman, and Merton Miller. [See .] In an article in the New York Times, David Swensen, the chief investment officer at Yale University and author of , noted that: For decades, investors suffered below-market returns...
Investing Lessons From The Yale Endowment
Seeking Alpha, August 26, 2011
...I figured this would be a good time to share a lecture I have enjoyed by David Swensen. Swensen is the chief investment officer of the Yale Endowment, which has outperformed other large institutions over a long period of time. He helped pioneer the...
David Swensen Yale Lecture
Guru Focus, August 24, 2011
...I figured this would be a good time to share a lecture I have enjoyed by David Swensen. Swensen is the chief investment officer of the Yale Endowment, which has outperformed other large institutions over a long period of time. He helped pioneer the...
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NewsBlaze, June 27, 2011
...Among those guests have been a number of WealthTrack exclusives, including Yale University's renowned Chief Investment Officer David Swensen, Wall Street's number one ranked economist Ed Hyman; prescient fund manager Jeremy Grantham, who predicted both...
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Ulitzer, June 27, 2011
...Among those guests have been a number of WealthTrack exclusives, including Yale University's renowned Chief Investment Officer David Swensen, Wall Street's number one ranked economist Ed Hyman; prescient fund manager Jeremy Grantham, who predicted both...
Ambachtsheer celebrated at CFA Institute reception
Investment Executive, June 6, 2011
...true leadership have inspired and reflected honor upon the investment profession to the highest degree. Previous recipients include David Swensen, Martin Leibowitz, Jack Bogle, Charle Ellis, Warren Buffett, and Sir John Marks Templeton.Keiths...
Pension expert to receive excellence award
Investment Executive, June 6, 2011
...true leadership have inspired and reflected honor upon the investment profession to the highest degree. Previous recipients include David Swensen, Martin Leibowitz, Jack Bogle, Charle Ellis, Warren Buffett, and Sir John Marks Templeton.Keiths...
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Canadian Financial DIY, September 27, 2011
...exposure they wish is beside the point. As books like Richard Ferri's The Power of Passive Investing, David Swensen's Unconventional Success and many others have repeatedly documented in great detail, actively managed mutual funds have performed poorly...
Dan Solin: 401(k) Participants Need an "Arab Spring"
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, May 24, 2011
...same conclusion. So did authors of many financial books, including William Bernstein, Allan Roth, Burton Malkiel, John Bogle, David Swensen, Larry Swedroe, Mark Hebner, Jason Zweig and many others. Malkiel said it best: It's like giving up a belief in...