David Swenson on the Yale Endowment & "Unconventional Success" (2009)

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During the financial crisis of 2007-2009 Yale’s Financial Wizard, David Swensen, the renowned Chief Investment Officer of Yale’s $20 billion dollar endowment discusses the strategy behind the fund’s extraordinary long-term track record, recent criticisms of the “Yale model” and his investment recommendations for individual investors.

WEALTHTRACK #0447 originally recorded on May 15, 2009

All Comments (12)

@SterlingOvershown 4 months ago

Wow!!! Thank you for performing this interview. I just read about him and am glad I came across him.
@StephenDoty84 2 years ago

Best college-endowment investor of all time!
@fabioeduardorangel9436 3 years ago

Wonderful interview. Humanity lost a brilliant professional.
@ednan9 3 years ago

Great interview! Inflation didn’t come for another 11 years but no one has a crystal ball. RIP
@AlexanderKorenkovVladimirovich 2 years ago

It is a great and useful Explanation about Diversification
@George_Beth 3 years ago

His last name is spelled SwensEn, not SwensOn.
@artyomdubrovsky 3 years ago

RIP David. Big loss for the investment world.
@korgond 1 year ago

What's the key approach of Mr.Swensen to the portfolio management?? What's his trick to high returns?? Please someone tell me in a few sentences.
@community1854 6 months ago

Munger and Buffet made more a year withb100% on stock!
@jackburton806 3 years ago

Odd, I have never heard anyone born and raised in the US pronounce "advertisement" in the British way. My wife and I do the "Advertis ment" as a joke when we are speaking in our posh accents.
@eliasjanetis 3 years ago

Why would you post such a thing without at least an opening mentioning his passing? Seems like you're trading off his death vs. doing a remembrance post.