Sentences with phrase «given in the stock market index»

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In a sign of some uncertainty among investors about the impact of the BOJ's latest measures, Japanese markets were volatile following the announcement, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index down giving up initial gains and moving into negative territory.

Each fund invests in Vanguard's broadest index funds, giving you access to thousands of U.S. and international stocks and bonds, including exposure to the major market sectors and segments.

«MSCI estimates some $ 17 billion will flow into Chinese markets — both from passive funds that automatically track its indexes and active fund managers — when the country's stocks are included a year from now,» giving indexers something like a quarter of a percentage point of China's stock market, which is the second - biggest in the world behind America's.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

It is not easy picking stocks consistently over time, but as we've seen, historically the stock market increases in value over time which is why indexing is a strategy that works — if you give it decades — not years.

Given the immediately negative reaction to earnings of Apple ($ AAPL), which was trading 6 % lower in yesterday's after hours trading, leading stocks, ETFs, and the main stock market indexes could now be on the verge of finally moving out of the choppy, erratic range of the past several weeks, albeit entering into a new intermediate - term downtrend.

In the case of stocks, a good example is a total U.S. stock market index fund or ETF, which gives you virtually all domestic publicly traded stocks, while a total U.S. bond market index fund or ETF would essentially give you the entire taxable investment - grade bond market.

Given that you have 13 years before retirement, your best bet is to invest in a mix of stock and bond index funds (assuming you are comfortable with market flucutations).

Consider a typical TSX ETF that gives you exposure to movements in an index of stock prices in an emerging market.

For example, consider a typical ETF that gives you exposure to movements in an index of stock prices in an emerging market.

Market participants have historically invested in commodity futures - based indices for their inflation protection and diversification benefits, given their low correlation to stocks and bonds.

Index - linked GICs maximize the promises but minimize the payouts Index - linked GICs (guaranteed investment certificates) provide the buyer with a return that is «linked» to the direction of the stock market in a given period.

Index - linked GICs (guaranteed investment certificates) provide the buyer with a return that is «linked» to the direction of the stock market in a given period.

But that should not be a big issue because a broad market fund, such as S&P 500 or Russell 3000, is likely to already have most of sector stocks in its tracking index, thus giving you representations of these sectors in your portfolio.

I suggest investing in index funds such as the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTSAX) given it's broad diversification.

Given the stock rose over 70 % in 2018, it seemed reasonable to ask about how one company can influence a market cap - weighted index.

But if you're willing to put in just a little more effort, you could get even more diversification by devoting, say, 20 % to 40 % of your stock stake to a total international stock index fund, which would give you exposure to the stock markets of countries large and small around the globe.

A worker might be given the option of investing in, say, five different funds — a money market fund, a stock market index fund, a real estate investment trust, a corporate bond fund, and a U.S. Treasury bond fund.

Each fund invests in Vanguard's broadest index funds, giving you access to thousands of U.S. and international stocks and bonds, including exposure to the major market sectors and segments.

In the U.S. stock market, 87 years of performance data (1928 through 2014) give small - cap value stocks a huge advantage: A compound return of 13.6 %, versus 9.8 % for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index SPX, -0.57 % Data sourced for this report comes from Dimensional Fund Advisors.

In fact, the right balance of four of our broadest index funds could give you a complete portfolio, with full exposure to U.S. and international stock and bond markets.

For decades, stock returns for a given company (percent change in price) were regressed on a constant and a single factor, the «market portfolio» (think a broad stock index like the S&P 500).

It also gives the insured the opportunity to earn interest linked with the upward movement of a stock market index without the risk of investing directly in the market.

It also gives the insured the oportunity to earn interest linked with the upward movement of a stock market index without the risk of investing directly in the market.