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...year in which nearly all markets plummeted simultaneously due to unprecedented financial turmoil, domestic bonds may have been one of the few well-performing assets in Harvard's investment portfolio. Over the past year, the Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index??a real-time, broad-based indicator of bond market performance—returned over 8 percent, while the S&P 500, which HMC often cites in comparisons with its own endowment performance, dropped over 30 percent...
...after June 30, commodities markets dropped precipitously, by almost 30 percent, from their all-time highs—according to Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index??potentially reversing some endowment gains. Much of this was due to a substantial fall in the price of oil, which peaked at $147 per barrel but has been trading closer to $100 in recent days...
...whose high-school coach told the Times that the big man had already received calls last week from Boston College, Rutgers University, and the Universities of Cincinnati, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh. It seemed uncertain, anyway, whether Ben-Eze would have managed to raise his ‘Academic Index?? score above the minimum required to compete in the Ivy League in time for the March deadline on admissions decisions. The news that Ben-Eze is no longer Cambridge-bound reminded me of a moment late last year when I found myself hearing of the plight faced by a very...
...Individuals with knowledge of our staff understand the high principles under which we operate. We work within the spirit of Harvard and the Ivy League.”According to the Times article, a few of this year’s recruits had fewer points on the Academic Index??the Ivy League’s measure for determining if recruited athletes meet the academic standards of member institutions—than would have been allowed in previous years. The Academic Index formula relies on an athlete’s GPA, standardized test scores, and class rank to determine...
...seat to this season’s televised zeitgeist!Here are five shows that are each only one season old, so you can still get in on the ground floor. To help gauge your priorities, we’ve given each one a “Public Scorn Index??—the likelihood that your peers will ridicule you for being out of the loop. Grab the Season 1 DVDs, and don’t get left behind again this fall.“30 Rock” (NBC)Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.Season Two Premiere: Oct. 4The...