The index has fallen 15% in eight sessions, including one-day declines of 7.3%, 5.1% and 3.2%.
The index takes into account factors such as health and safety, education and housing.
He believes the index will end the year at 1600, 3.1% below Thursday's close of 1650.47.
But too many hedge funds bought more of the entering stocks than the index-fund managers needed.
Folks were super confident about the future then the index level was over four times higher!
Still, the index is a further indication that the U.S. economy remains in a soft patch.
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The index stood at 2.39 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of oil in 1990.
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In fact, notes Murphy, 14 of the 19 commodities in the index saw losses on Thursday.
They get one pick and 12 months to either beat or lag the index.
Consequently, fund managers had a difficult time keeping up with the performance of the index.
This is the only way the "risk adjusted" format of the index can work properly.
The index eased to a 0.7% overall rise, down from a 1.6% gain in February.
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Like most unique asset classes, the index has periods of outperformance and periods of underperformance.
The gap would be even wider if the index took Hawaii's shipping costs into account.
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Imagine if you could see the index of your product marketing vs. your competitor?
The index performance is then compared to other benchmarks so that investors can evaluate differences.
The index was composed of 60 percent in global equity and 40 percent global bonds.
Avoid names that rank poorly when the full earnings estimates for the index are revised down.
The index surveyed sentiment at 200 companies in 11 countries in Asia and received 97 responses.
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Moreover, the insurer has the biggest presence on the Taipei bourse, fully 5% of the index.
After reaching an all-time high a week ago, the index has slumped 3 percent.
The index fell 0.4% on the week and has declined for four consecutive weeks.
Primary articles include food and minerals, and have a 20% weight in the index.
Ths year, the index hit 249 and has already started to weaken, to 232.
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They contributed to government, laborers and lenders, but cannot be measured by the index.
This will allow you to participate in the expected positive performance in the index.
The index did see selling pressure Friday and the greenback bulls have faded a bit.
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Conversely, Google and Microsoft, both cheaper than the index on projected earnings, find few takers.
If you want to pursue a dream of beating the index, do it elsewhere.
Excluding food and energy, the index increased 0.2%, and only 1.5% on a year-to-year basis.
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