Word: benchmark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week -- another sign of growing business activity that could signal increased inflation. In response, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 23.55 points, to 3854.63. The S&P 500 dropped 2.58, to 462.23. NASDAQ stocks declined 0.67, to 759.34. And bond prices declined too, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury up to 7.85 percent, compared with 7.80 percent the day before. The price of gold fell 10 cents, to $395.95, in London trading...
...Jones Industrial Average climbed 15.14 points to 3878.18. Companies whose stocks registered large gains included Allied-Signal and Caterpillar, each up a point. The S&P 500 rose 2.76 to 464.81. NASDAQ stocks gained 4.64 to 760.01. And bond prices also rose slightly, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury down to 7.80%, from 7.85% on Tuesday. The price of gold was up 60 cents to $396.05 in London trading...
According to the internal benchmark, Meyer's term has been a successful one. Over the last three years, HMC's net gain has been 12.7 percent, which outperformed the Policy Portfolio's 9.9 percent return over the same period...
...endowment also beat the median institution fund over the three years, which matched the internal benchmark's return...
...International Paper and Merck, each up a point. The S&P 500 rose 1.23 to 462.05. NASDAQ stocks dipped 0.26 to 755.37. Meanwhile, Treasury bond prices fell -- and yields climbed -- as bond traders registered their disappointment over the Fed's decision not to stifle inflation. The yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to a 27-month...