The lower average rating and longer maturity range of the Vanguard index give the fund a higher yield, risk and volatility.
The yearly chart of the Dollar Index shows that its range has been narrowing over the past eight years.
Forget about making decent returns with index funds during a range-bound market.
Consumers in Chennai (79.0) and New Delhi (78.7) also showed optimism with the index points being in a stable range.
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They found the age range for heart attacks in men where the index finger was relatively long was 35 to 80 years of age, but in those with relatively long ring fingers it was 58 to 80.
The benchmark Nikkei 225, which has been reaching fresh lows almost every week recently, fell by 6.6%, to close below 10, 000 for the first time in over 17 years, while the Topix index, which covers a wider range of stocks, fell by 6.4% to below 1, 000.
The broad market is vulnerable to trading in a range during the next few weeks, so you might find index premium-selling attractive, with the CBOE Market Volatility Index near 17 and SPX 20-day historical volatility at 10.05.
Prices closed near mid-range and were supported by a weaker U.S. dollar index and some short covering.
Prices closed near mid-range and were pressured by the higher U.S. dollar index.
Wholesale-level inflation, via the Producer Price Index, is running in the 4 to 6 percent range in most developed economies.
This keeps this index significantly below its neutral readings in the 90 to 110 range.
May silver futures prices closed near mid-range Wednesday and were pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar index.
In the last 60 days the company introduced a range of powerful products, including new Company Pages and the Talent Brand Index, a tool which lets companies understand and improve their external employment brand with pinpoint precision.
The U.S. dollar index traded both sides of unchanged Thursday as trading has been choppy and range-bound, too.
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For young investors, this extensive range of available ETFs offers a wide variety of investment choices that are not available with index funds.
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.4% as hopes of increased government spending on a wide range of investment projects lifted coal and construction companies.
The inflation target replaces the BoJ's current, vaguely-worded "goal" for price stability over the medium to long-term, which was taken to mean a positive range of 2 per cent or lower in year-on-year change in the consumer price index.
Although the researchers took into account a wide range of extenuating factors, including diet and exercise regimens, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and marital status, it's possible that people who drink coffee differ from the rest of the population in as-yet unidentified ways that make them less vulnerable to disease and early death.
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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That discount can be seen in the CBOE Market Volatility Index, known as the VIX, which is at multi-year lows in the 12-13 range.
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