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outperform

[aut-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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“There’s no magic recipe to outperform the market,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

What stands out is that implied correlations have been suppressed since January 2023, around the same time SPY began to outperform RSP.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

Macquarie retains an outperform call on Paladin, but cuts its price target by 6.1% to A$13.00/share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

You might wonder how this can be, given that stocks far outperform bonds over the very long term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Children in those countries outperform our children, as nearly every story says.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

According to Trivariate’s analysis, an investor who consistently ranks in the 70th percentile of stock picking outperforms the S&P 500 when rebalancing annually.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

"We compared phase space distance with the sphericity variable and our conclusion is that phase space distance outperforms sphericity," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Beijing-based startup claims that the model outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, stoking what some analysts called “DeepSeek 2.0 concerns”—a nod to the rival Chinese AI startup that upended global markets early last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In terms of attacking metrics for their clubs this season, Mbappe outperforms Haaland in shots, touches and chances created, although the City striker recorded more assists in 2025-26.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Geiser argued that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Defense stocks have typically outperformed the market in the year following midterm elections, according to a report from RBC Capital Markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

However, if technology and the AI-related theme outperformed and drove the separation between the indexes, it’s reasonable to expect those same sectors to lead the S&P 500’s underperformance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

“ASML has outperformed its semiconductor equipment peers in a weak semiconductor tape in the past quarter.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

He said a February stress test of the Ford’s electromagnetic launchers showed they outperformed their steam peers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

High-yield bonds were broadly declining Wednesday, yet they’re outperforming the broader U.S. investment-grade fixed-income market so far this year against the backdrop of a still-solid economy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

My last column, “Don’t Fall for Bond Funds That Say They’re Beating the Market,” looked at the remarkable number of actively managed bond funds that are outperforming the Bloomberg U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Whatever triggered Peeta's decision -and I suspect it had to do with my outperforming him in training -I should be nothing but grateful for it.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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