Similar financial terms
BenchmarkBenchmarks generally refer to standards or averages by which similar items can be compared. In the financial world, a company, a group of companies, or a portfolio are used as a standard of performance (i.e. benchmarking).
Sharpe benchmark
A statistically created benchmark that adjusts for a managers' index-like tendencies.
Pre-trade benchmarks
Prices occurring before or at the decision to trade.
Posttrade benchmarks
Prices after the decision to trade.
Benchmark interest rate
Also called the base interest rate, it is the minimum interest rate investors will demand for investing in a non-Treasury security. It is also tied to the yield to maturity offered on a comparable-maturity Treasury security that was most recently issued ("on-the-run").
Benchmark issues
Also called on-the-run or current coupon issues or bellwether issues. In the secondary market, it's the most recently auctioned Treasury issues for each maturity.
Customized benchmarks
A benchmark that is designed to meet a client's requirements and long-term objectives.
Tracking error
In an indexing strategy, the difference between the performance of the benchmark and the replicating portfolio.
Standard error
In statistics, a measure of the possible error in an estimate.
Net errors and omissions
In balance of payments accounting, net errors and omissions record the statistical discrepancies that arise in gathering balance of payments data.
Measurement error
Errors in measuring an explanatory variable in a regression that leads to biases in estimated parameters.
