24 December 2019 | 9 replies
If you want to disrupt SS, you need psychologists to solve the challenges of excess consumption and endowment effect (divestiture aversion).
20 July 2009 | 177 replies
Then Hicks, as a regent for Univ of Texas, hired lobbyists to petition for the creation of UTIMCO (University of Texas Investment Management Company), which Bush as Governor then signed into law, and of which Hicks was then named the first chairman.UTIMCO then doled out HUGE contracts to private investment firms to manage their endowment.
3 January 2010 | 13 replies
They need an NEA endowment if we are to effectively combat terrorism.
12 May 2009 | 6 replies
Here are the responses I received on M* You are suggesting the US be run like an endowment fund?
20 June 2009 | 54 replies
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
29 July 2009 | 0 replies
Here is part of the Declaration of Independence, which, by the way, is NOT law.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
5 October 2022 | 3 replies
There are lots of other options such as finding another investor that would be willing to partner with you and pay the down payment for the property, or if you have access to the capital you can do what is called a Modified Endowment Contract which is an Insurance policy that is funded by a single premium payment.
29 November 2022 | 17 replies
With their HELOC they use a strategy called a Modified Endowment Contract.
22 July 2020 | 45 replies
Their endowments are enormous, they turn away multiple fully-qualified students for every one that they accept, and parents who can afford it will continue to write checks whatever the cost.
10 September 2020 | 183 replies
I view an attempt to manipulate someone else as a great offense since it purposely infringes upon one’s freedom of choice which I believe we’ve been endowed with by our Creator.