The Russell Global Index, which launched in 2006 with 10, 000 global stocks in 61 countries, reported that year to date through Nov. 12 four of the five top global index performers were emerging markets, with Indonesia at the top having returned 44.6%, followed by Turkey, Mexico and India.
It does, however, help to explain why a disproportionate number of the most influential celebrities on Twitter are African-American: On the Forbes Celebrity 100, eight of the top 20 celebrities in our social rank index are black, as are four of the top 10 social media overachievers.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, XOM and MCK collectively make up 4.07% of the iShares Russell Top 200 Index Fund ETF (IWL) which is up by about 0.1% on the day Friday.
For now the tax picture, as was reflected in our annual Misery Index of combined top marginal rates, has darkened.
The top-line index was dragged down by concerns about earnings.
On the flipside, a number of health care companies that could benefit from the dwindling likelihood of a push to repeal Obamacare were at the top of the index.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, ETE makes up 1.97% of the Top Guru Holdings Index ETF ( AMEX: GURU )which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Friday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, FDX and PNC collectively make up 1.18% of the iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund ETF (IWX) which is up by about 0.9% on the day Tuesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, GE and UNH collectively make up 5.46% of the iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund ETF (IWX) which is up by about 0.8% on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, GE and PG collectively make up 8.11% of the iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund ETF (IWX) which is lower by about 0.2% on the day Thursday.
Indeed, the Dow has performed less badly against gold since its all-time top than the broader index has.
The top performer in our Index was led by KB Home ( Eli Broad) with a return of 115%.
Some of the top securities in the index are Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Teva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: TEVA), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) and Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG).
The Economist decided to see how different councils fared, through a widely-used index that ranks the top 5% of academic economists worldwide by citations to date.
Not surprisingly, as ITIF demonstrated in its report The Global Innovation Policy Index, Singapore offers top-tier IP protections similar to those in other developed countries and has strengthened them in recent years.
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Other notable findings in this edition of the Congestion Index found that the top five most congested cities lie in the west with Los Angeles (1), Vancouver (2), San Francisco (3), Honolulu (4) and Seattle (4) topping the list.
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In the overall Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, Europe was the top region with the first five positions all held by European countries.
For example, with a Likeability index of 193, the top ranked Oreo ad has proven to be 93% better-liked than the average new commercial during the measured period.
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Of course, in very strong bull or bear markets, we must rely on technical indicators that can stay with strongly trending markets, as momentum indicators like the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator or Relative Strength Index (RSI) will top or bottom out well ahead of prices.
Index funds eventually appear in the top quarter of all fund categories, particularly since many active funds close each year.
The other countries to make it into the top ten of the Better Life index were, in order: Norway, Switzerland, U.S., Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, and the United Kingdom.
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And his ten-year-old Deutsche Municipal Bond Fund did 7.26%, versus 5.98% for the Lehman Five Year General Obligation Index, putting it in the top 4% of its class.
According to Zillow's home value index, the median value of top-tier homes in the Sandy Springs area is down 11.2% since July 2006, just after the Erbeys bought the house.
Look more closely, however, and you will notice that the financial sector, the worst-performing sector in the Russell large-cap companies last year with a (-13%) return, was the fourth-top performer in the small cap index, where financials returned (-3%).
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Jersey has fallen eight places and out of the top 20 in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI).
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Panama earned the No. 2 spot in the 2013 Retirement Index, while Malaysia rounded out the top three.
Amid this apparent devastation, in fact, Spanish companies still managed to crack the top 100 in the recent Global Brands Index.
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