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$15 Billion Asset Manager Takes Cue From Harvard's Endowment

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:07:47 GMT

clipped by: Forbes Markets
clipper's remarks: Over the last 15 years, super endowments have outperformed the markets and most traditional portfolios because of their exposure to alternative assets. Can history repeat itself in this changed financial environment?

Clip Source: www.finalternatives.com

Gottex Fund Management is taking its cue from super successful endowments like that of Harvard University.

The asset management firm has just launched a global, multi-asset investment program that will invest in both alternative and traditional investments similar to those in which so-called U.S. “super endowments” invest.

Tags: investing, harvard, endowments, money management

Dew Delegence

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:37:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: close-end funds

Clip Source: investorshub.advfn.com

Exchange-traded funds are all the rage, but they are not the only funds traded on exchanges and priced throughout the day. Hundreds of portfolios known as closed-end funds, many of them small and with quirky investment objectives, toil in obscurity on stock exchanges, and in certain circumstances they offer useful alternatives to E.T.F.’s.

release form

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:18:08 GMT

clipped by: bubsmama246

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Yes, you will need a model release to post them to your blog and use them on your website/portfolio.

I added what you will need for that in bold:

"I hereby authorize my child(ren) to participate in "Hollywood Photo Shoot" at the California State Fair on Monday, August 25th, 2008. I understand that my child(ren) will have their photograph taken by Lisa Welge and the photograph will be distributed to me by the email address provided below. I understand that all photographs taken remain property of Lisa Welge, and may be used for promotional purposes, including, but not limited to, websites, professional blogs, and online and print portfolios. I am free to print or make copies of the photos I am emailed. I understand that I am not to use these photographs for my own commercial or promotional use, unless a separate agreement is made between Lisa Welge and myself."
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Daily Beast - For sure!

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:29:09 GMT

clipped by: Elizabeth Corcoran
clipper's remarks: Portfolios isn't sure about the name of Brown's new website-- but we are. The name registry now points to IAC and one of their employees just emailed Forbes using an email with @thedailybeast.com extension. Go Beastie!

Clip Source: mobile.portfolio.com

According to Liz Smith, Tina Brown is calling her soon-to-launch news website The Daily Beast, in homage to the fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.

Or is she?

Tags: tina brown, daily beast, portfolio, domain names

Single-Page portfolios

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:48:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Excellent source of inspiration

Clip Source: www.webdesignerwall.com

Single-Page Portfolio Sites

Are you looking for ideas to design a portfolio site? Maybe all you need is a single-page site? Single-page design works if you don’t have much content, but just want to showcase your work. It can save time and cost because you don’t need to build the CMS and templates. In other words, it’s perfect for the non-coders. Here are 30+ single-page portfolio sites with exceptional design and implementation. Hopefully, they can give you some inspiration.

Tags: web design, design, portfolios, inspiration

Logo Design Resources

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:08:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.logodesignlove.com

79 of the best logo design resources

Here I present a choice selection of logo design resources that I believe are beneficial to serious designers (with a touch of humour here and there).

Where to find excellent logo typefaces

The history of logo design

Logo design trends

A selection of logo design articles

Logo design books

Some heavyweight agencies in the design industry

Independent logo design portfolios

Logo design awards

Blogs about logo design

Adobe Illustrator tutorials

Logo design showcases

Style guides and manuals

Further logo design resources

Tags: identity logodesign

Shit happens

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:56:59 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.notcot.com

Shit Happens. Dog Poo Bags by Junges Schactel, the design duo, Nina Dautzenberg and Andrea Gadesmann. How cute is their studio puppy, Cuno? And don’t these bags just make you wish extremely talented packaging, branding, graphic, experience designers made everything in your world? See more pics below ~ and i’m also totally in love with the branding of Junges Schactel with their pull strip, packaging opening branding that is on their flash, portfolios, and even physically on their business cards!

"OMG - Freddie and Fannie" - Real Estate is so interesting....

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:02 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

While most of the mortgages they hold are fixed-rate loans to borrowers with good credit, the housing downturn has been so severe that they have sustained gigantic losses in their loan portfolios due to foreclosures — about $11 billion over the past few months — pushing them closer to the financial brink.

And because their stock prices have plunged so far, they are hard pressed to raise fresh capital on their own.

Former St. Louis Fed President William Poole this week said Fannie and Freddie were already technically insolvent.

"There's no good news here for the housing market or for the broader economy," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com.

Tags: santa rosa real estate, fannie and freddie

Getting Capital for Land deals

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:39:17 GMT

clipped by: dtgiv

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

For the less intrepid investor, there are passive investments. Those with larger sums could put their money into private funds offered by companies like Mr. Blackbourn’s Everest Holdings and Mr. Shapiro’s Timbervest. There are also dividend-paying timber REITs, which hold portfolios of timberland. Their shares are publicly traded.

Mr. Shopoff’s REIT, which is publicly registered but sold privately, will focus on undeveloped and underdeveloped land. The minimum investment is $19,000. “We hope to capture appreciation in excess of 30 percent compounded annually,” Mr. Shopoff said.

WebBizIdeas Web Development Portfolio

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:31:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Featured Design Firm, WebBizIdeas on DesignFirms.org! WebBizIdeas.com is a Minneapolis MN web development & internet business development company that helps Small Businesses & Internet Entrepreneurs build & market internet businesses. They specialize in website design, graphic design, internet marketing, software development, and internet consulting. The industries they specialize in are social networking, ecommerce, CMS, corporate, dating, and internet tv.

Clip Source: www.designfirms.org

Tags: webbizideas, webbizideas.com, webbiz, minneapolis, mn, web development, website design

Write More Stuff

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:19:01 GMT

clipped by: GreatGoji
clipper's remarks: Resources and more to enhance children's writing skills and study skills.

Clip Source: www.writemorestuff.com

Write More

Portfolios, rubrics, curriculum, writing prompts, writing strategies... Write More has everything you need to teach writing! Write More writing products for the home or the classroom, student writing camps and staff development workshops are designed to make writing fun for students and easier to teach.

From our Writing Works, Write Now!, and Ready Writes! books filled with integrated writing ideas, to our writing portfolios designed to guide students while writing, Write More has organized your writing program. Our innovative program combines our graphic organizers, rubrics and conferencing pads to create the ideal classroom and home writing tool.

Write More designs products to create independent writers and provide the tools to integrate writing into your daily curriculums of language arts, science, and social studies.

FS quotes

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:51:53 GMT

clipped by: lochado

Clip Source: finance.yahoo.com

Symbol	Price	Change	% Change
BAC	26.62	+0.74	+2.86%	BK OF AMERICA CP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
C	18.85	+0.30	+1.62%	CITIGROUP INC 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
GS	181.98	+3.39	+1.90%	GOLDMAN SACHS GRP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
LEH	24.35	+1.55	+6.80%	LEHMAN BROS HLD 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
MER	35.06	+0.52	+1.51%	ML CO CMN STK 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
TGT	49.17	+0.43	+0.88%	TARGET CP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert

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FS Stocks

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:13:49 GMT

clipped by: lochado

Clip Source: finance.yahoo.com

Symbol	Price	% Change
BAC	25.88	0.00%	BK OF AMERICA CP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
C	18.55	0.00%	CITIGROUP INC 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
GS	178.59	0.00%	GOLDMAN SACHS GRP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
LEH	22.80	0.00%	LEHMAN BROS HLD 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
MER	34.54	0.00%	ML CO CMN STK 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
TGT	48.74	0.00%	TARGET CP 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert

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Congress And The Countrywide Scandal

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:15:06 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: As for Republicans, most members of the Senate Banking Committee voted for the Dodd-Frank bill in exchange for reforms of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The reforms, part of a deal brokered by Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.), create a new regulator to establish tougher standards for the portfolio holdings of Freddie and Fannie.

While both of these agencies are in dire need of reform, this deal is still a mistake. By foisting this compromise on their Republican colleagues, Democrats are holding the reform of Fannie and Freddie hostage in order to increase bipartisan support for a bailout of reckless mortgage lenders.

In a free market, businesses take risks and reap either profits or losses. But markets only work when businesses are held accountable for their bad decisions. The message this proposed legislation sends to the market is clear: Big lenders like Countrywide who make bad bets can count on generous bailouts [...]

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Countrywide Financial Corp.'s "friends of Angelo" program provided sweetheart loans to key banking players in Washington, D.C. They included former Fannie Mae chief executive Jim Johnson, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.).

The growing scandal surrounding the "friends of Angelo" loans (so-called by company employees, referring to Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo) should serve as a political wake-up call. Yet the Senate appears intent on pushing forward legislation, co-authored by Sen. Dodd, that would bail out the worst actors in the subprime mortgage banking industry.

Mr. Dodd have crafted a bill to provide $300 billion in new taxpayer loan guarantees to Countrywide and others. The bill will allow troubled financial institutions to foist the riskiest mortgages in their portfolios onto the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) -- ultimately putting the American taxpayer on the hook for their bad bets.

Tags: countrywide financial corp, "friends of angelo" program, fannie mae, jim johnson, kent conrad, christopher dodd, senate banking reforms

Write More Education Resources

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:41:15 GMT

clipped by: ifeelskitty
clipper's remarks: Portfolios, rubrics, curriculum, writing prompts, writing strategies... Write More has everything you need to teach writing!

Clip Source: www.writemorestuff.com