Breaking down the energy index, it was gasoline, which rose 9.1% according to the index, which caused the most damage.
FORBES: Rising Gas Prices Fuel Inflation As Headline CPI Hits Highest Level In More Than Three Years
In America, the energy index rose a whopping 3.8% in September as petrol, heating-oil and natural-gas prices all shot up.
Since Hurricane Katrina, the global accumulated cyclone energy index has declined to almost the lowest level since we started measuring such phenomena in the early 1970s.
It should be no surprise to most consumers that the changes in the price of gas led to an increase in the energy index of 3.2 percent over the last twelve months (ending February).
The 0.7% increase in headline inflation was mainly caused by a jump in the energy index, which gained 5.4% and accounted for about three-fourths of the total increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics explained on Friday.
FORBES: Rising Gas Prices Fuel Inflation As Headline CPI Hits Highest Level In More Than Three Years
For investors looking to capitalize on a booming global market for wind energy, the First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund ( FAN) and the PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio ( PWND) offer a wide range of globally diversified stocks in the industry.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 24.21% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE )which is trading lower by about 2.9% on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 24.01% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE )which is trading lower by about 0.1% on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 25.83% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE) which is trading higher by about 4.7% on the day Thursday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, COP makes up 5.66% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE) which is trading higher by about 1.1% on the day Friday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 25.01% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE) which is trading higher by about 1.1% on the day Friday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 26.46% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE) which is trading lower by about 0.1% on the day Friday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM makes up 23.08% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IYE )which is trading up by about 0.5% on the day Tuesday.
Excluding food and energy, the index increased 0.2%, and only 1.5% on a year-to-year basis.
Excluding food and energy, the index was up 1.1 percent in the third, compared to 1.4 percent in the second.
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This turned out to be a wise move, since most clean energy companies had large losses in 2010, with the Wilderhill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX) falling by 14.6% in 2010.
The Fed disregards food and energy in its inflation index, still holding under 1 percent with the CPI at 2 percent.
Granger causality and long-horizon regression tests also show no causal links between daily returns or volatility in the crude oil and natural gas futures markets and the positions for two large energy exchange-traded index funds.
FORBES: Increased Futures Speculation Did Not Increase Food or Energy Prices
We also incorporated Economy.com's business cost index, which looks at labor, tax, energy and office space costs and its living cost index, which factors in housing, transportation, food and other household expenditures.
Looking at the different components, it was food and energy prices that brought the index down.
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Index underachievers embrace energy, healthcare, utilities and consumer non durables.
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As an index of political energy, the first day of the fourth annual session did nothing to counter the feeling that South Africa's parliament is losing its fizz.
Rafael Coven, the adviser to the underlying index for PZD, noted that the poor performance of most renewable energy stocks in 2010 was a major reason why Cleantech Index-based funds (such as PZD) significantly outperformed their peers.
This new price index excludes food, energy, and everything that went up in price that month.
This is especially so since housing is 42% of the overall CPI index, but becomes 51% of the core index when food and energy is stripped out.
Target Rock released on March 19 at an EnergyBiz forum its top-performing utility in its sustainability and socially-responsible investing index: Sempra Energy, which is evaluated on everything from its generation portfolio to its community-wide investments to its overall financial performance.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the pending home sales index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage application survey, the producer price index and the weekly DOE energy storage report.
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U.S. economic reports due for release Friday include the ISM Chicago business survey, the pending home sales index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, durable goods orders, the housing price index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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