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Assertion Contradicted
Dayton Hudson pension gained 1,700 basis points on Black Monday
“And then October 19 came, and I think we made 1700 basis points in a day, which was great. You know, the Wall Street Journal highlighted us on their front page”
Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 14:19 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)
Assertion Supported
Howard Hughes Medical Institute internally managed its $11B endowment
“It was the second largest medical foundation in the world besides Burroughs Welcome. They were running everything internally at the time. It was about, I think at the time it was about 11,000,000,010 or eleven billion dollars.”
Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 15:44 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)
Assertion Supported
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's committee included Yale's David Swensen
“Here we had a very select number, maybe three folks on the investment committee. Folks that, Ted, you know, and David Swenson, who was there from Yale. We had the CIO from General Motors and the former CIO at IBM.”
Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 17:30 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)
Assertion Supported
Equities yielded positive annual returns in 74% of years since 1926
“Strategas, and they showed annual returns since 1926. It showed that 74% of the time equities are positive. 59% of the time equities provide investors with greater than a 11 to 40% rate of return.”
Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 37:54 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)
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