To re-value the indicators of use of GDP at constant prices, relevant price indices (consumer price index, capital investments price index, etc.) and physical indicators were applied.
Vincent Palermo, an index expert at Merrill Lynch, is testing indices that would weigh the size of countries' economies, as well as their outstanding bonds.
With an eye towards improving his original Dow Index, three years later, the great man added two separate indices to help investors identify and anticipate business cycles and associated market patterns.
The drop in the average index was broadly in line with expectations, but the German index fell by less than expected, while the French and Italian indices fell by more.
During the past two months, we have seen the various ISM indices, the Chicago PMI, the Empire State Manufacturing Index, and the Philly Fed Index all soften.
To forecast the indices we used the current Zillow Home Value Index value for May, which we released almost three weeks ago, the April Case-Shiller home indices numbers and the national percentage for foreclosure re-sales in May.
Moreover, our index has greater volatility than underlying benchmark indices.
Price indices continued to retreat, with the prices paid index fell a whopping fifteen points to 28.3 and the prices received index fell three points to 2.2.
The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index is up 14% for the year and still outperforming the broader indices, but the gap is narrowing.
The department said the new index has been been developed using data from existing quarterly indices of the production, services and construction industries.
The overall Hennessee Macro Index was off 2.1%, faring better than the other hedge fund indices as some funds were positioned conservatively in Treasuries, TIPS and gold.
FORBES: It's Official: Hedge Funds Had Their Worst Year Since 2008
Our list was compiled with the help of Bert Sperling, who created his Sperling Drought Index by combining a variety of data and indices from the National Climatic Data Center.
The index has been developed using data from existing quarterly indices of output from the production, services and construction sectors combined with agricultural output data and employee jobs data for the public sector.
In fact, Morningstar categorizes more than 60 municipal bond mutual funds as intermediate, of which several use one of the BarCap Municipal intermediate indices or similar index as a performance benchmark.
FORBES: Put Intermediate Muni Funds In Your Portfolio's Rotation
Its PMI composite index points to a small decline in national output in the second quarter, according to Markit, which assembles the indices.
应用推荐