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The Globe and Mail
Nov 24
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Bank of America-Merrill Lynch strategist raises target for S&P 500 15 per cent above current levels based on earnings expectations
Marketwire
Nov 24
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RESTON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/24/09 -- More than 125 technology executives and government officials gathered at the Congressional Country Club on Veteran's Day for "National Security Perspectives," an annual event focused on the state of the
Bloomberg
Nov 23
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(Update1) The Bank of Israel unexpectedly
raised the benchmark interest rate for a second time since the
global economy began to recover as growth accelerated and
inflation approached the top of the government’s target range.
Upstream Online
Nov 18
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Mexico’s government is not considering changing how it sets prices for oil
exports to the US after Saudi Aramco abandoned West Texas Intermediate as
the pricing benchmark.
Wall Street Journal
Nov 18
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Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield hit a one-month intraday low Wednesday as a weaker domestic stock market prompted investors to buy safe-haven assets.
The Australian
Nov 18
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BRAZILIAN miner Vale wants to start annual benchmark negotiations for 2010-11 iron ore prices this month, according to the company's global iron ore director Renato Neves.
Banking Business Review
Nov 18
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To unlock the full potential of branch automation systems and hardware
New Straits Times
Nov 13
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DOHA: Wayne Rooney would love to mark the birth of his first son with a goal against Brazil here today.
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A benchmark is a proxy for a market, economy, class of equity, or sector, generally setting a standard against which the performance of a stock, bond, mutual fund, commodity, or other security is measured.
Benchmarks are also used to gauge the health of a market, sector, or entire economy.
Examples
- The S&P 500 (.SPX-E) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJIA) are often used as benchmarks for the United States economy in general. That is to say, their performance is used both to gauge the health of the economy and as a reference of comparison for the performance of a stock portfolio or mutual fund.
- The Nikkei 225 (NK225-OK) is used as a benchmark for the Japanese economy.
- The Indice Bovespa (IBOV11-BR) is used as a benchmark for the Brazilian economy.
- The TSE 300 is used as a benchmark for the Canadian economy.
- The CAC 40 (CAC40-FR) is used as a benchmark for the French economy.
- The DAX Index (DAX-XE) is used as a benchmark for the German economy.
- The Hang Seng Index (HSI-HK) is used as a benchmark for the Hong Kong economy.
- The IPC Index (IPC-MX) is used as a benchmark for the Mexican economy.
- The SSE Composite Index (SHGIDX-SH) is used as a benchmark for the Chinese economy.
- The FTSE 100 Index (UKX-LN) is used as a benchmark for the UK economy.
- The Straits Times Index - STI (STRAITS-SG) is used as a benchmark for the Singapore economy.
- The All Ordinaries Index (XAO-AU) is used as a benbhmark for the Australian economy.
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