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Benchmark
A standard against which the performance of a security, index, or investor can be measured.

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Most equity mutual funds and portfolio managers use the S&P 500 index as the benchmark to beat.

When evaluating performance of any investment, it's important to compare against the right benchmark. For example, comparing a bond fund to the Russell 2000 (which is an index of small-caps), is not meaningful.

Benchmark
The performance of a predetermined set of securities, used for comparison purposes. Such sets may be based on published indexes or may be customized to suit an investment strategy.
benchmark
A standard by which something is measured. For example, bond yields are generally compared to benchmark yields on U.S. Treasury securities of similar maturity. Mutual fund performance is often compared to changes in the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index.
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