On average, these funds posted returns of 8.2percentt.
Over the past decade NEC and Hitachi posted returns on assets of around 2%.
The Stanford endowment has posted returns of 14.2percentt a year over the last decade, Mr. Hoagland said.
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, an independent civic group, employed an elaborate plan to gather the posted returns.
FINANCIAL TIMES Citadel Posted 25% Return Last Year, Beating Industry Again | Citadel, Kenneth C. Griffin's firm, posted returns of about 25 percent in its main investment funds, known as Kensington and Wellington, the firm wrote to investors in letters sent on Thursday.
According to the letter, Level Global has posted returns of about 89 percent since 2003, outpacing the 27 percent returns of the Standard and Poor's 500-stock induringring the same period.
Over all, domestic diversified stock funds posted returns of 6.5percentt for the quarter, on average, handily beating the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, which returned 2.29percentt.
Investure, which manages $6.5 billion for six schools and four foundations — including Barnard, Smith, Middlebury, Trinity, Dickinson and the University of Tulsa — posted returns of 15.2 to 17.7 percent.
Bridgewater Associates, which manages nearly $120 billion, posted returns of 23 percent in 2011 — a year when the average hedge fund portfolio lost 5 percent.
The pair posted returns of 9.2% and 17.4% in domestic and foreign bonds, respectively, last fiscal year while bond markets struggled.
