Sentence examples for performance of a market from inspiring English sources

ETFs track the performance of a market or index and are traded like individual stocks.

The review has been prompted by what appears to be a growing number of funds, particularly exchange-traded funds, that have sought to use derivatives to provide outsize returns rather than simply track the performance of a market index.

Index funds are supposed to match the performance of a market indicator either by creating a portfolio identical to the underlying assets in the index or by using investment strategies designed to mirror the performance of the index.

We compare hypothetical and observed (experimental) willingness to pay (WTP) for a gradual improvement in the environmental performance of a marketed good (an office table).

Also consider index funds, which track the performance of a particular market and can pay an income, too.

He further raised the ante by investing in derivatives — investments that are tied to, or derived from, the performance of a financial market, like that for interest rates.

Unfortunately for investors who have grown used to buying funds that mirror the performance of a broad market index, this strategy, too, has been lagging behind.

To measure the corporate Financial Performance (FP), we used the Return on Equity (as a measure of the firms' performance from an accounting perspective), Annual Stock Returns (as a measure of their performance from a market perspective) and Market-to-Book ratio (MBR, as a mixed measure of both perspectives).

VeraSun's strong performance created a market cap of about $2.2 billion–not bad for a company with first-quarter 2006 profits of $2.7 million on revenue of $110.7 million.

Total sales are growing and we delivered a performance in the context of a market that is growing at the lowest level in 10 years.

Sales in children's and YA publishing are up 10% in 2014 – an extraordinary performance against the backdrop of a market that is down 2% overall.