Let's Hope This Isn't Indicative of The Harvard MBA...

The Harvard University Endowmwnt Fund has spent the last four months losing money at a rate of $2Bn per month. According to the AP, Harvard's current President predicts that the bleeding hasn't finished quite yet....

According to a letter to deans from university heads, Harvard must take a "hard look" at staffing levels and compensation. They're also forecasting a 30 percent drop for the fiscal year ending in June 2009.

The school has said its U.S. stock portfolio and foreign equity portfolio had taken hard hits recently. The school's endowment is the largest in higher education.

The university's president warns that the estimated drop may be conservative because some money managers that have yet to report figures.

Associated Press, 3 December, 2008