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Cellular News
5 hrs ago
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BRTC, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, is to publish monthly ratings for mobile network operators from January 2010.
Mondo Visione
10 hrs ago
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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today the results of
the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark index, (NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective with the market open on December
1, 2009
Wall Street Journal
Nov 9
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Saudi Arabia's decision to start using a new benchmark to price the oil it sells to the U.S. is setting up a battle between the two leading commodities exchanges.
StreetInsider.com
Nov 5
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Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades/Benchmark+Upgrades+Federal+Realty+Investment+Trust+%28FRT%29+to+Buy%3B+Raises+FY09-10+Estimates/5078602.html for the full story.
Reuters
Nov 4
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All but one of diversified stock funds posted negative returns in October, tracking the benchmark's worst performance in a year, but their exposure to financials and consumer goods softened the blow.
FX Street
Oct 30
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The combination of two rare occurrences helped send the energy complex falling. The dollar actually got stronger and gasoline supplies increased! Yes, that can actually happen! I know, I was amazed myself. Well it does seem amazing as in recent...
The Globe and Mail
Oct 30
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‘Tectonic shift, really, in the way that imported crude is priced in the U.S.'
Wall Street Journal
Oct 29
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A new U.S. oil pricing benchmark is rapidly taking shape, threatening to further erode the dominance of the Nymex crude futures contract.
Bankstocks.com
Oct 29
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Benchmark Bank in west suburban Aurora is the latest small Chicago-area lender to face a regulatory order requiring it to raise capital and clean
Banking Business Review
Oct 28
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The funds will be invested in Dubai government infrastructure and other strategic projects
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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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