benchmark
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In terms of deciding funding levels, part of the problem is finding a benchmark with which to compare.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
But they typically don’t want the fund’s volatility to be much higher than its benchmark.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Tech stocks appear poised to recover from Tuesday’s wobble and oil prices are taking a breather after U.S. benchmark crude futures pushed past $100 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
As a portfolio manager, he says that his fund has to be “overweight” in its best ideas in order to beat its benchmark.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing benchmark
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