yardstick
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Distributed to paid-in capital, or DPI, measures actual cash returned to fund investors and has become a yardstick for comparing the performance of asset managers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It produces a result that is nearly a full percentage point lower than the Fed’s currently preferred yardstick.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Warsh has a preferred way to measure inflation that produces a result nearly a full percentage point lower than the Fed’s currently preferred yardstick.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The result may not be the yardstick for England.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Again, there’s no yardstick for that kind of thing.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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