Iran War Alert: Harvard Univ. Fund Sells Israeli Holdings

[kolnidre]

A brief news item with dark and far-reaching implications. Be sure to prepare a barf bag if you read the comments:
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000581912

Harvard University fund sells all Israel holdings
No reason for the sale was mentioned in the report to the SEC.
15 August 10 17:15, Hillel Koren
In another blow to Israeli shares, the Harvard Management Company notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday that it had sold all its holdings in Israeli companies during the second quarter of 2010. No reason for the sale was mentioned. The Harvard Management Company manages Harvard University's endowment.

Harvard Management Company stated in its 13-F Form that it sold 483,590 shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) for $30.5 million; 52,360 shares in NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) for $1.67 million; 102,940 shares in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) for $3.6 million; 32,400 shares in Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) for $1.1 million, and 80,000 Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) shares for $1.8 million.

Harvard Management Company's 13-F Form shows some interesting investments. Its two largest holdings, each worth $295 million, are in iShares ETFs, one on Chinese equities, and the other on emerging markets. Harvard also owns $181 million in a Brazilian ETF.

[jai_mann]

It would be spectacular if some well versed financial "truthers" could be located that might be able to give a heads up on false flags by watching anomalous sells, shorts, puts, and all of that other wall street bullshit.

I know there's plenty of software that tracks real time values for those things, and if one were to maintain a comparator between the mean value for the item of interest versus real time values it could auto-flag and notify the financial whizzes of potential issues.

Thanks for that heads up because that's precisely what we need. If something funny happens then maybe the masses can...extract the info out of those responsible for the financial transactions.