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Harvard University fund sells all Israel holdings

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Posted by gorb 2010-08-16 03:02|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 You forgot #4 gorb.

Plausible deniability plus #1.

In the event of war, the cowards want to be able to say, "PLEEEEEEase don't bomb Cambridge, see, we're not supporting Israel".

Tells me that this conflict is a virtual certainty. Perhaps this is the October Surprise Hillary Clinton was overheard referencing.

Posted by no mo uro 2010-08-16 04:04|| 2010-08-16 04:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Well,
Harvard just got itself another enemy.

Thank you Harvard for stabbing Israel in the back at our moment of need.
I just hope that 10 years from now when Irani nuclear warheads rain on the US , the first warhead drops on Harvard.

Whether I will be around to watch this or not is another question.

Posted by Elder of Zion 2010-08-16 06:27|| 2010-08-16 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Tsk, tsk, tsk, the masks are slipping.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-08-16 08:42|| 2010-08-16 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 A link from Instapundit suggests that there may be less than meets the eye here: Teva, etc have been severely underperforming in the markets this year, so it makes sense to unload them.

Then again, it's Harvard, and they've made some spectacular mistakes with their endowment since the crash.

Posted by Steve White 2010-08-16 09:15|| 2010-08-16 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Then again, it's Harvard, and they've made some spectacular mistakes with their endowment since the crash.

Which indicates that the 'best and brightest' aren't.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-08-16 09:28|| 2010-08-16 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Strike's a certainty, yes.

Wonder whether Harvard Mgmt CO are loading up on oil futures?

Posted by lex 2010-08-16 10:29|| 2010-08-16 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Well with the stock market game being so rigged by insiders it's not really worth playing.

Short to Zero a bankrupt banking system, get screwed by your own taxpayers money!

Listen to the central "bank" lying about deflation risks whilst inflation rips...

I'm just straddling and hoping I can jump out the way with as much of my savings as I can.

Return OF Capital, not Return ON capital.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-08-16 12:16|| 2010-08-16 12:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, Harvard did NOT disinvest in Israel : Israel was rated in May as an Emerged Economy, and so certain Israeli stocks were sold. Harvard has a set amount of stock that must be invested in emerging economies, and once Israel emerged, some stock had to be sold. Harvard's stock investment council put the emerging markets requirement in place, so they are to blame.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-08-16 18:38|| 2010-08-16 18:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, Harvard did NOT disinvest in Israel : Israel was rated in May as an Emerged Economy
Makes sense. Thanks for the update, Shieldwolf. I believe S Korea and Chile emerged similarly a fwe years back,a nd would likewise have forced automatic sell signals for multi-million $$ Emerging Market portfolios like HMC's

Posted by lex 2010-08-16 18:43|| 2010-08-16 18:43|| Front Page Top

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