Economists can and do depart from the benchmark.
And how much variation from the benchmark is acceptable over shorter periods?
After Brownback started cutting taxes, though, the data on the state's economy diverges from the benchmark.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund - the world's largest – is cutting emerging market bonds from the benchmark index it tracks.
Drugs were about as unwelcome as drinks yesterday, as profit-taking in the big-three manufacturers took 30 points from the benchmark.
The Dow fell more than 296 points Friday, continuing a slide that has shaved more than 2,100 points from the benchmark since Oct. 3.
If such a stock rises (perhaps because of good news such as higher-than-expected profits), the distance from the benchmark grows.
Second, from the benchmark model, seven additional models were developed by varying the depth D of the transverse beam over the thickness h of the plate.
The results from the benchmark demonstrate well performance of both indicators in damage detection, which might imply their potential applicability in further real engineering structures.
We find that a properly specified TD approach to modeling intermittent renewable energy is capable of roughly replicating the results from the benchmark model.
Optimizing TMCVaR is a linear program which minimizes the upper deviation and the downside deviation from the benchmark index and hence meets the objective of IT.
