In analyzing any consumer sentiment index, it is most important to determine the trend of
the index over several months.
Not exact matches
Insurers have released
several new fee - based variable and
indexed annuities
over the past 18
months to appeal to RIAs and the increase in sales of fee - based products should offer some encouragement as the annuity industry struggles to boost sales.
Although day to day volatility has been pretty substantial in the S&P 500, the benchmark
index has merely been oscillating up and down in a wide, sideways range
over the course of
several months:
Given the substantial surge
over the last
several months in RDI shares held short to approximately 780K shares on May 28, I feel some RDI shares to be sold by
index funds are already spoken for.
Over the next
several months, Vanguard will be stepping away from its relationship with MSCI, one of the world's largest
index providers, and entering new relationships with FTSE -LSB-...]
«This increase in prices is offsetting the improvement in other components of the
Index that boost consumer purchasing power, including a steadily falling tax burden, a sustained drop in initial unemployment claims
over the past
several months and signs of stabilization in the housing market.»