STOCK MARKET,FINANCEa set ofsharepricesthat is used as thestandardforcomparingthevaluesof othershares:TheFTSE100, thebenchmarkindexof Britain’sblue-chipcompanies,experienceditsworstperformancesince 1984.(Definition ofbenchmark indexfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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benchmark indexSo far it has significantly outperformed both itsbenchmarkindexand cash.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Depending on the goals of the specific investment portfolio, hedge fund or mutual fund, active management may also serve to create less volatility (or risk) than thebenchmarkindex.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company maintains over 80 equity indices comprising broad-based benchmark indices, sectoral indices and customized indices.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A study of benchmark indices suggests an average investment performance differential between growth and non-growth assets of about 5% over the past decade.From theCambridge English CorpusOverview of benchmark indices by asset class used to estimate the expected return of the 2006 investment strategy.From theCambridge English CorpusProgress has also been made in the field of debt conversion, on the basis of benchmark indices.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishAsset allocation typically refers to allocation to major asset classes such as domestic equity, international equity etc. for which there are benchmark indices for fund investment performance comparisons.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/benchmark-index##
