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Arms indexA contrary indicator moving in the opposite direction of the market and useful in spotting short term extremes for intraday trading. Below 1.0 is positive and above 1.0 is negative.Similar MatchesConsumer price indexConsumer price indexA price index for the goods purchased by consumers in an economy, usually based on only a small sample of what they consume. Commonly used to measure inflation. Contrasts with the implicit price deflator. Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Global IndexMorgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Global IndexA market capitalization-weighted benchmark index made up of equities from 29 developing countries. IndexIndexIn the stock market, an index is a device that measures changes in the prices of a basket of shares, and represents the changes using a single figure. The purpose is to give investors an easy way to see the general direction of shares in the index.The FTSE 100, for example, is calculated by taking a weighted average of the share prices of the largest 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange. Launched in 1984 with a base figure of 1,000, the FTSE is calculated continuously throughout the trading day. When the media report that 'FTSE climbed 37 points today' you don't know exactly which shares in the index climbed and which fell, but you get an immediate idea of the direction of the market.Index funds base their investment decisions on tracking the companies in a particular index. Pure index fundPure index fundA portfolio that is managed so as to perfectly replicate the performance of the market portfolio. Hang Seng indexHang Seng indexThe major index in Hong Kong. Further SuggestionsSingle index modelImport price index Lehman Brothers Government or Corporate Bond Index Stochastics index European, Australia, and Far East index (EAFE index) International market index relative strength index Price indexes Salomon Brothers World Equity Index (SBWEI) Trading Index FTSE 100 Index Big Mac Index Emerging Markets Free index (EMF) TSE 300 (Toronto Stock Exchange 100 index) Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index Index Price weighted index Morgan Stanley REIT Index Standard & Poors SmallCap 600 Index Index model EAFE index Jensen index Indexed bond Trade Restrictiveness Index Index tracker mortgage |
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