This increase in income distribution brought the index down in all forms of calculation.

FORBES: In Brazil: The Poor Get Richer Faster

Here might be why: The collapsing cost of digital technologies and Web distribution gets worked into the Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index.

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The Grays select stocks from the bottom up, paying scant regard to index weightings for geographic or sector distribution.

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The closer the index is to zero, the more equal is the distribution of income.

FORBES: In Brazil: The Poor Get Richer Faster