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ratio

[rey-shoh, -shee-oh] / ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ /


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So the fund’s net expense ratio is 0.85%, but its full expense ratio is 0.94%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Their returns over the coming years may well be on the lower end of historical norms if valuation measures such as Professor Robert Shiller’s cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio still have predictive value.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

This has caused the ratio of realized volatility on up days to down days to reach the highest level on a calendar-month basis for both indexes since at least 1986, McElligott said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Citi retains its buy rating and trims its target price to 495.00 Hong Kong dollars from HK$530.00, assuming the stock trades at 31 times the price-to-earnings ratio of estimated 2027 earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The ratio of men to women in the University is about ten to one.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Here are the largest 10 holdings of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, with a summary of opinion among analysts polled by LSEG, as well as forward and trailing P/E ratios:

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Oppenheimer and his colleagues pointed to the derating of dominant technology companies, whose lower price-to-earnings ratios have been driven by anxiety over the returns that capital expenditure might yield in the future.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

County nonprofit that contracts with Head Start, expects child-to-teacher ratios to default to those already outlined for state preschool and general child care — if that guidance is left up to the state.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The market boom has also boosted the funding ratios of government pension funds, which Equable estimates hit 85% nationwide this year—the highest since 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Mendel’s ratios and numbers were not just accurate; they were too perfect.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.

From Salon Jan. 14, 2026

They’ve become an entire syntax of communication; many a fine dunk below a ratioed tweet consists of a single GIF.

From The Verge Jul. 13, 2022

They also see in Ellis a persona who can laugh off getting ratioed amid a watch-your-step social media culture.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2021

I asked if he had ever done a bad tweet, or been ratioed.

From Slate Feb. 26, 2021

The news that McCabe found a new gig was broken by CNN’s in-house media reporter Oliver Darcy, and his tweet was quickly met with criticism and swiftly ratioed.

From Fox News Aug. 23, 2019

Candy preference ratioing gets fierce during Spooky Season.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2022

Never has so much ratioing left the internet all at once.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2017




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