benchmark
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The benchmark is now 8.4% south of its late January peak, having fallen more than 7.1% since the start of the conflict on Feb. 28.
From Barron's
A report from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows that only 20% of all U.S. stock fund managers managed to beat their benchmark last year compared with 59% of small-cap managers.
Glenn Hogben, chief executive officer of industry trade body The Air Charter Association, said Henderson's conviction set an "important benchmark" for future prosecution of those involved in illegal charter operations.
From BBC
The S&P 500’s slide in March has the widely followed U.S. equities benchmark approaching correction territory, after more than half of the index’s industries already landed there.
From MarketWatch
The S&P 500’s slide in March has the widely followed U.S. equities benchmark approaching correction territory, after more than half of the index’s industries already landed there.
From MarketWatch
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