Stanford Fund Performance Slips in Ho-Hum Year at Elite Schools
- Endowment gains 6.5% in fiscal 2019, helped by private equity
- Brown leds the Ivy League so far with a 12.4% return
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Stanford University returned 6.5% in fiscal 2019, a decline in performance from the prior year that’s in keeping with many large endowments.
The endowment grew to $27.7 billion, the university said in a statement Wednesday. The fund returned 11.3% in fiscal 2018.