Outperform : Inside the Investment Strategy of Billion Dollar Endowments

Even if you ve read almost every investment book there is, you ve never read anything like Outperform: Inside the Investment Strategy of Billion Dollar Endowments. In Outperform, authors John Baschab and Jon Piot have written an approachable, pragmatic guide for individual investors who want to understand the proven investment strategies of large academic endowments and enhance the performance of their portfolios. It provides a unique look into the world of endowment investing through extensive and exclusive interviews with current and former Chief Investment Officers of leading endowments at both public and private universities—such as the Ohio State University, University of Texas, Cornell University, and Emory University—that have a total of over $125 billion in assets under management. Divided into three informative parts, the book: Reveals the relatively unknown techniques, strategies, organization, and philosophy of academic endowments Defines the specific practices and tools used by top endowments in making investment decisions, including asset allocation, manager evaluation, and alternative investment selection Highlights key differences between individual and institutional investors that dictate different approaches in investment philosophy Outperform: Inside the Investment Strategy of Billion Dollar Endowments not only provides investors with invaluable insight from the endowment world s elite money managers, but also details how they consistently beat the market, all while translating their strategies into advice that will benefit the individual investor.