Word: performancee
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The game represented a quantum leap in performance for Rose. Earning the start over sophomore Barry Wahlberg after his excellent performance in the final third of the Holy Cross game, Rose showed confidence, poise, and the ability to hit receivers in stride.
The increase exceeded by more than 100 percent the gains made by the index the University selects as a benchmark for its performance.
The University's holdings in commodities rose 49.9 percent, largely as the result of rising oil and gas prices over the summer. Performance exceeded the benchmark by 14 percent.
Harvard invests in commodities as a way to buffer its portfolio against losses in other investment categories, so the strong performance in this area came along with smaller gains in stocks this year.
"Discounts at the beginning were 22 percent, which we thought was attractive, but they increased to 34 percent and we didn't expect that, which really penalized our performance," he said.