Baylor’s endowment returns are beating even the Ivy League’s; here’s why that matters
…l at once. Think of it this way: If I give you $20, you could go buy 20 $1 candy bars right now, and that’s all you would ever get. Or, you could buy one candy bar right now and invest the rest of the money; then the fund would buy you another candy bar next year, and another the next, and the next, forever — so you’d end up with way more than 20 candy bars, and never run out. Through careful management and the generous gifts of donor, Baylor’s en…