On the other hand, continued large investment gains helped 12 charities generate a negative index number--surpluses exceeding all donations for the reporting year.
Price returns for the Barclays Municipal 10-year Index were negative seven out of 13 years.
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The index was predicted to ease by less than two points from 5.3 in July, but in the event a sharp downturn in the expectations gauge between both private and institutional investors caused a dramatic slump in the index to negative 13.5 and the lowest reading since September 2009.
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The five year annualized returns were mostly negative with the MSCI EAFE index down 4.72%.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished in negative territory for the second consecutive year, down 21.7%.
The index for number of employees was slightly positive, while the average workweek index was slightly negative.
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What about measures of inflation, such as the Consumer Price Index, that are negative?
The slightly firmer U.S. dollar index was a mild negative for the precious metals Wednesday.
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The firmer U.S. dollar index is also a slight negative for the precious metals Wednesday morning.
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In brief, the theory posits that when the Dow Jones Transportation Index diverges from the Dow Jones Industrial Index, it is a negative sign for future stock market returns.
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Every piece of data covered by the index seemed to come in negative in January, with 13 of the 20 MSAs showing further deceleration in annual growth rates and the 10 and 20-City Composites marking their sixth consecutive month of declines.
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In that light, a negative yield of 0.55% on index-linked bonds seems a good investment.
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Caterpillar, one of only two names in the 30-stock Dow in negative territory for the year, led the index higher Tuesday with an 1.7% gain.
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The BoJ's own recent forecasts predicted that the year-on-year change in the consumer price index excluding fresh food would be negative this year, next year and in 2011.
General Sentiment awards positive or negative value to every comment, aggregating it all into an index.
This was the first negative reading since December 2010 and the lowest level for the index since August 2010.
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By the time this index drops below 60, GDP has already turned negative.
The U.S. dollar index traded slightly higher Wednesday, which was a big negative for the precious metals.
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The U.S. dollar index is modestly higher Wednesday morning, which is a mild negative for the precious metals.
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The index doesn't measure whether the mentions are positive or negative, but Bradford believes brands should aim for a high score, regardless of sentiment.
Stocks were also tracking a negative trading session in Asia, where Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 2.2% and the Nikkei 225 was off by 0.8%.
Many index-linked bonds in America and Britain are trading on a negative real yield.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading solidly higher early Thursday morning, which is a negative for the precious metals.
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The general business conditions index fell four points to -7.7, its third consecutive negative reading.
The Empire State manufacturing index released by the New York Federal Reserve showed a reading of (negative)- 7.8 for June, compared with expectations for a positive 12.
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The upbeat news from abroad helped lift U.S. stocks as investors shook off the Empire State Index, a gauge of manufacturing in New York that came in at negative 7.7, indicating worsening conditions and a shakier outlook.
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The negative data hurt shares in Japan's construction equipment makers and sent the benchmark Nikkei 225 index down 1.44%, to close at 13, 017.24.
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