Heart-rate variability, says Dr Stein, is a good index of the degree of control an individual has over his autonomic nervous system (which controls many of the internal organs).

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As head of the large institutional money manager, she succeeded in the orderly world of index funds, which aim to control risk and take the guesswork out of investing.

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Trading has been choppy in the index recently as bulls and bears struggle for control, with neither gaining much ground.

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Hough laid out the steps for creating a sensible asset allocation, selecting index funds to fill the allocations, and rebalancing occasionally to control risk.

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The dollar index has seen choppy trading recently as bulls and bears struggle for control, with neither gaining much ground.

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Retail sales have been rising, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index has been rising, consumer confidence indexes have been rising, and inflation remains under control.

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With an index score of 4.26, real estate agents said they are more than satisfied with the control they have over the work they do on a daily basis.

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However, as index-based mutual funds and ETFs continue to gain popularity and active managers are increasingly pressured to control their performance tracking error relative to benchmark indexes, the markets could become less efficient.

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