In investing, a benchmark is usually an index or fund against which an investor can compare the performance of their own portfolio. When it comes to investing, gains are good, and losses are bad.

In the years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted, the term "benchmark plan" has been used extensively. But it's used to describe two very different aspects of the law's regulations ...

While fund sizes of many venture capital firms have ballooned into billions of dollars over the last decade, Benchmark Partners, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors, has stuck to ...