Now it is a global index of multinational companies operating in many different industries and countries.
In the year todate a global index of chemical companies has gained 3.14%.
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The new global index, which the new ETF is supposed to track, was being compared to U.S. stock and bond returns only.
The NASDAQ, which experienced an outage on its global index data service, led the way down, losing 37.8 points or 1.4% by 11:28 PM.
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Their first just-released global index provides rankings at the country level.
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The global index clobbered the U.S. markets, at least hypothetically.
According to Rothstein Kass in a recent study, an index of women-led funds produced a net return of 9%, compared to a global index return of a mere 3%.
Tendai Musikavanhu, president of Old Mutual Global Index Trackers, part of the Old Mutual investment and insurance banking family, says there are too many variables at play to know for sure.
"If you're a bull or a bear, you could find enough news out there to convince you of your position, " said Jim Lauder, CEO of Global Index Advisors in Marietta, Ga.
Those comparisons make the hypothetical global index look spectacular!
This note has a term of six years, is principal-protected, and the return is linked to the value of a global index basket made up of the Dow, the Nikkei, and the Euro Stoxx 50.
The Russell Global Index, which launched in 2006 with 10, 000 global stocks in 61 countries, reported that year to date through Nov. 12 four of the five top global index performers were emerging markets, with Indonesia at the top having returned 44.6%, followed by Turkey, Mexico and India.
Roped in together through the various trade channels, the worlds industrial base is now, even in the best of cases, barely ekeing out growth, as can be seen in the fact that the JP Morgan global index registered a mere 50.6 in May, only marginally above the 50 no change level.
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Japan accounts for the largest country weighting in the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australia, Far East) index, a global stock index covering more than 20 countries.
The Cisco Global Cloud Index was developed to estimate global data center and cloud-based Internet Protocol (IP) traffic growth and trends.
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Their Guggenheim Shipping Index (SEA), which tracks the Delta Global Shipping Index, is up 2.15 percent.
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The Global Adaptation Institute, led by former World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub, publishes the Global Adaptation Index, which shows how vulnerable countries are to global warming and how prepared they are to tackle it.
Management consulting firm Grant Thornton released results from their Global Dynamism Index on Tuesday.
Predictably, the nuclear disaster in Japan caused the ELEMENTS Credit Suisse Global Warming Index Exchange-Traded Note ( GWO) to surge.
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Also see Morningstar Long Only Global Commodity Index, up nearly 6% year-to-date, and more than 6% over the last 13 weeks.
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Amid this apparent devastation, in fact, Spanish companies still managed to crack the top 100 in the recent Global Brands Index.
Just this month, we learned that the U.S. dropped to 10th place in the 2012 Global Innovation Index, down from 7th place the year before.
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Yield to maturity on emerging-market debt as measured by the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index is roughly 5.37%, compared with roughly 2% for the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond.
Over the past year, it has gained 45.6%, even after Monday's slide, while the Palisades Global Water Index, of which is a member, was up 34.4% through last week.
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 World Economic Forum global competitiveness index shows that of the 27 nations in the European Union, 12 are more competitive in 2013 than 2012, while 12 are are less competitive with three unchanged.
Investors who maintain a balanced portfolio of 60 percent in global equity index funds and 40 percent in fixed income index funds should see about a 5.0 percent annualized net of fees over 10 years.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, PAL makes up 4.29% of the First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund ETF ( NASD: PLTM) which is trading lower by about 3% on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SWC makes up 5.30% of the First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund ETF ( NASD: PLTM) which is trading lower by about 0.6% on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, NAK makes up 1.30% of the First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund ETF ( NASD: CU) which is trading lower by about 2.7% on the day Wednesday.
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