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the overwhelmingly important
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determinant of the University's results.
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Because we hold relatively stable,
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relatively well-diversified portfolios,
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security selection turns out not to be
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an important determinant of returns for most investors
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and market timing turns out not to be
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an important determinant of returns.
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The last man standing is asset allocation
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and that tends to drive
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both institutional returns and individual returns.
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Roger Ibbotson, who is a colleague of