Definition of "outperformance" []

• The act or state of outperforming (noun)

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• ""Japan is still the cheapest developed market in the world and, notwithstanding recent events, we think it could be set for longer-term outperformance," he said in a note to investors."
• "That's because even though the stock market is dominated by mining firms in the midst of a boom, several factors are weighing on the actual securities these days and will likely prevent any long-term outperformance."
• "But the long-term outperformance of the stock market isn't just some pattern that people have happened to notice; there are good underlying reasons to expect it all other things being equal, in a market where there's enough smart money, etc. because stocks have higher volatility."