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Harvard Endowment Statistics: Growing At $29 Million Per Week

We had spotted some interesting stats on the Harvard endowment before (Read: ‘Harvard Is Really A Tax Free Hedge Fund’) - we spotted this interesting stat today, that the Harvard endowment grows at an astonishing rate of 5 percent, on a 30 billion USD base. That would roughly put the growth at 29 Million USDs every Week. (Source)

Sometimes the scale of things around us can surprise us. Count this one in that category.

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