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Articles written by, about, or featuring Hunter Lewis.

SEP 29 2025

UChicago sells prized institute amid high debt and low returns

This Financial Times article quotes our founder, Hunter Lewis, discussing the University of Chicago.

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Jul 14, 2025

US public colleges expand PE investments despite downturn

Jul 14, 2025

This Financial Times article quotes our founder Hunter Lewis on US colleges expanding PE.

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Jul 14, 2025

Nov 26, 2024

What Investment Managers Aren’t Telling You

Nov 26, 2024

November 26, 2024

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Nov 26, 2024

Nov 9, 2024

Ivy League endowments struggle with private market downturn

Nov 9, 2024

This Financial Times article quotes our founder Hunter Lewis on the early days of the university investment model.

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Nov 9, 2024

May 1, 2023

Why I am not investing in a buyout for a long time to come

May 1, 2023

The investment model of private equity has become too popular.

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May 1, 2023

Aug 16, 2022

Why Index Funds Could Fade

Aug 16, 2022

The stock market’s recent dip into bear-market territory raises new questions for these popular funds. Will indexing recover and go on to scale new heights? Or has the time come to consider its defects as well as its virtues?

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Aug 16, 2022

Feb 2, 2022

A Risky Time for Venture Funds

Feb 2, 2022

Hunter predicted hard times for venture just before they arrived. He also discusses little understood potential conflicts of interest, ties with China, and excessive leverage.

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Feb 2, 2022

Apr 25, 2021

Yale endowment model architect Hunter Lewis calls time on it

Apr 25, 2021

Based on an interview in April 2021, this Financial Times article touches on three investment topics. In the article, Lewis said that “I think all investors need a bigger inflation hedge.” After the interview was published, reported inflation in the U.S. soared.

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Apr 25, 2021

Other Hunter Lewis Publications

Hunter Lewis has contributed to or been featured in a number of publications including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Times of London, Washington Post, Barron’s, Forbes, The Atlantic Monthly, and many more newspapers and magazines. He has also appeared on major network television and radio shows. His books on economics include Are the Rich Necessary? (“Highly provocative and highly pleasurable—” New York Times) and Economics in Three Lessons and One Hundred Economic Laws.