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The University of North Carolina, which had more than a tenth of its endowment in that stock, did even better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But when just one stock accounts for so much of their endowment gains, it’s more likely that luck played the dominant role.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The group’s nonprofit wing also reported a 30 percent spike in revenue, bringing in $115 million in 2025 on top of its $81 million endowment.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

SpaceX shares represent roughly 10% of the University of North Carolina system endowment, for example, and it gained 37.8% for the fiscal year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Eventually, she would take over the management of PIH’s finances and start an endowment.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

As uplifting as one-year moonshots are, big college endowments offer tuition-free lessons these days about how not to invest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Harvard and Stanford’s endowments, which held big stakes in SpaceX acquired before its IPO, jumped 27.1% and 31.7%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

For decades, private-capital firms raised money from state pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors with deep pools of money and long-term horizons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The stock has already declined nearly 15% since the beginning of the current fiscal year, which means that endowments with outsized positions are now suffering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

His father was a successful insurance executive, so life was always comfortable, and Edwin enjoyed a wealth of physical endowments, too.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson