Over time, general inflation tends to mask changes in individual prices.
The conventional wisdom judged the efficiency of markets by the accuracy of individual prices rather than on their robustness in the event of shocks or their vulnerability when liquidity dries up.
More than 50, 000 individual prices are collected in each survey round, and a cost-of-living index is calculated from the price data to express the difference in the cost of living between any two cities.
Individual prices differ by much more.
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Individual stock prices fluctuate between repetitive extremes of high dividend yield and low dividend yield.
On the extreme side, if investors only invest in index funds, individual equity prices would move solely based on their relative weight in the index.
This consolidation (in addition to the shortages due to the Thailand floods) will help to stabilize or even increase individual drive prices in the long run.
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Moreover, EIA reports a large discrepancy between electricity prices in individual states, with electricity prices ranging from 6.06 cents per kilowatt hour in Wyoming, to 18.06 cents per kilowatt hour in Connecticut, to 21.21 cents per kilowatt hour in Hawaii.
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This leads to higher stock prices as individual companies gain greater credibility based on institutional investor participation.
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The percentage of individual investors expecting stock prices to rise over the next six months rose 4.3 percentage points to 55.9%.
The Case-Shiller index is calculated from changes in prices on individual homes as they are resold during a moving three-month period.
Market prices for individual subprime bonds are difficult to track, because there are thousands of securities with varying characteristics, and most don't trade often.
Optimism among individual investors that stock prices will rise over the next six months remained above its historical average of 39% for the 13th consecutive week.
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Despite the size of the increase, the proportion of individual investors expecting stock prices to rise over the next six months is only at a two-week high.
It will be fun to shop for attractive prices on individual horses, but most fans figure to find their way back to the mutuel field before the pool closes.
It found that almost half of the goods were listed on the online retailer's site too, and that Amazon's prices for individual products were on average 11% below those of the stores.
In addition to the downward pressure on stock prices, individual investors are also worried about the economy, the size of the federal deficit, and the longer-term threat of higher inflation and interest rates.
The percentage of individual investors expecting stock prices to rise over the next six months dipped back below the historical average of 39.0%, after rising above it last week for the first time in 12 weeks.
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The desirability of individual stocks change as their prices and company performances change over time.
These two effects of the uninsured arguably compound each other and create inflated prices for the individual.
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The numbers show continued uncertainty on the part of individual investors about where stock prices are headed.
The proportion of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months rose to 51.5%.
But prices on any individual ad may also rise as advertisers compete for the enhanced exposure on Google and Yahoo!
The proportion of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months fell to 27.2%, an eight-week low.
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However the low prices of the individual HDDs seen before the floods has not returned due to industry consolidation and tight control of HDD inventories.
The percentage of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months edged up 0.9% to a four-week high of 36.4%.
Even with the improvement in optimism, a higher percentage of individual investors still expect stock prices to fall over the next six months than those who expect prices to rise.
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This is the first time in four weeks that the percentage of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months fell below the historical average of 39%.
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Falling share prices undermine corporate and individual wealth and could in turn weaken economic activity.
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