percentage

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With the VIX near historical lows, a somewhat small gain in terms of absolute points could seem more dramatic when looking at the change as a percentage.

From MarketWatch

As such, most people fall well short of recommended saving targets: The U.S. personal saving rate, or the percentage of people’s incomes left after they pay taxes and spend money, was 4.7% as of September.

From MarketWatch

The rightmost column of the table shows the funds’ net expense ratios, which match the gross annual expenses as percentages of assets under management, with one exception.

From MarketWatch

“In the next 10 years, I’m fairly certain a very, very large percentage of the world’s cars will be autonomous.”

From Barron's

If the gains stick, this will represent the stock’s largest same-day percentage increase on record, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's