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title: "Benchmark"
url: https://investbymodel.com/glossary/benchmark/
description: "The index each model was measured against on its own record page. Quoted from /Model/Top_20/ (Invest By Model, 2008-2011)."
published: 2026-08-10
updated: 2026-08-10
---

# Benchmark

Published 2026-08-10

Performance and Pricing

Vs. S&P 500 Index — and, for the balanced model, Vs. S&P 500 - Barclays Aggr. (60/40).

Top 20 and Sector Selector ETF were printed against the S&P 500 Index. Conservative Growth /Balanced was printed against a 60/40 blend, labelled SP500/LEH-60/40 in its return tables.

## Where this appeared

- [/Model/Top_20/](https://investbymodel.com/Model/Top_20/) — model record pages, 2011
- [Letter B of the A–Z index](https://investbymodel.com/glossary/#letter-b)
- [All 27 terms](https://investbymodel.com/glossary/)

Quoted from [/Model/Top_20/](https://investbymodel.com/Model/Top_20/) as published between 2008 and 2011. [Return to the front page](https://investbymodel.com/)