In addition I would say that if you considered international revenue versus domestic revenue (
on an index weighted basis) versus global peers the ISEQ is hardly a domestic index.
Not exact matches
SAO PAULO, May 2 - Brazil's benchmark Bovespa
index fell almost 1.5 percent in morning trade
on Wednesday, its biggest intraday drop since - mid April, pressured by steep losses among heavily
weighted stocks during an otherwise quiet day across Latin American markets.
(This is due to the fact that the Dow
index is price -
weighted, and because Goldman Sachs is now its most expensive stock at $ 242 per share, that bank holds bigger sway
on the
index average.)
The Dow could see a big move as seven of its components are
on deck, representing more than 27 percent of the
index's total
weighting.
The Deloitte Biotech
Index is based upon 47 shares listed on the ASX includes eight WA companies which have a combined index weighting of 2.32 per
Index is based upon 47 shares listed
on the ASX includes eight WA companies which have a combined
index weighting of 2.32 per
index weighting of 2.32 per cent.
The good news is all those declines in energy shares means the sector isn't throwing as much
weight around
on the
index these days.
The
index is calculated primarily
on a world production -
weighted basis and is comprised of the principal physical commodities that are the subject of active, liquid futures markets.
Index is calculated primarily
on a world production
weighted basis, comprised of the principal physical commodities futures contracts.
The Hang Seng Composite
Index is a market capitalization - weighted index that comprises the top 200 companies listed on Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, based on average market cap for the 12 mo
Index is a market capitalization -
weighted index that comprises the top 200 companies listed on Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, based on average market cap for the 12 mo
index that comprises the top 200 companies listed
on Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, based
on average market cap for the 12 months.
And for taxable accounts with balances over $ 500,000, the robo - advisor offers «advanced
indexing,» where it
weights the stocks in a portfolio based
on various factors, including low volatility and high dividend yield, to further power potential returns, all for the same advisory fee that applies to all accounts.
In other words, depending
on your level of confidence in a certain sector, over - or underweight your numbers of shares of stocks in that sector in your portfolio, relative to the
weightings of the major market
indexes.
«Depending
on your level of confidence in a certain sector, over - or underweight your numbers of shares of stocks in that sector in your portfolio, relative to the
weightings of the major market
indexes.»
MSCI plans to add 222 China A Large Cap stocks, representing
on a pro forma basis approximately 0.73 % of the
weight of the MSCI Emerging Markets
Index at a 5 % partial Inclusion Factor.
The iShares MSCI Russia ETF is a market - cap -
weighted index of securities listed
on Russian stock exchanges.
But since only two or three dozen commodities have adequate liquidity, and the energy complex dominates
on a trade -
weighted basis, an equal
weighted commodity
index makes the most sense until capacity limits are reached (not a problem now with commodities deeply unpopular).
The FTSE NAREIT Equity - Only
Index is an unmanaged, market value — weighted index based on the last closing price of the month for tax - qualified REITs listed on the
Index is an unmanaged, market value —
weighted index based on the last closing price of the month for tax - qualified REITs listed on the
index based
on the last closing price of the month for tax - qualified REITs listed
on the NYSE.
The difference between this and the 13.4 % gain cited above is due to the fact that the
Index is price
weighted, meaning that higher - priced issues have a greater impact
on its calculation.
The ProShares Ultra FTSE China 50 ETF provides daily 2x exposure to a free - float -
weighted index comprising 50 of the largest and most liquid Chinese stocks listed
on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Because of its heavy
weighting in Apple ($ AAPL), which has been undergoing the healthy price correction we predicted back
on November 5 of last year, the Nasdaq 100
Index (large - cap sibling of the Nasdaq Composite) has been a complete laggard in 2013.
The market remains significantly overbought
on an intermediate - term basis, and we've seen increasing divergences from breadth, small and mid-cap stocks, trading volume, and other internals, which have lagged the most recent advance in the S&P 500 and other cap -
weighted indices.
Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB
Index (CRB) gained 0.8 %
on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade -
weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar
Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.
Global stocks represented by the MSCI World
Index, consisting of a market value —
weighted average of the performance of about 1,350 securities
on the stock exchange of selected countries.
The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers»
Index ™ (RBC PMI ™) is a composite index based on five of the individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders - 0.3, Output - 0.25, Employment - 0.2, Suppliers» Delivery Times - 0.15, Stock of Items Purchased - 0.1, with the Delivery Times Index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direc
Index ™ (RBC PMI ™) is a composite
index based on five of the individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders - 0.3, Output - 0.25, Employment - 0.2, Suppliers» Delivery Times - 0.15, Stock of Items Purchased - 0.1, with the Delivery Times Index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direc
index based
on five of the individual
indexes with the following
weights: New Orders - 0.3, Output - 0.25, Employment - 0.2, Suppliers» Delivery Times - 0.15, Stock of Items Purchased - 0.1, with the Delivery Times
Index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direc
Index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direction.
On the other hand, if the recovery of cap -
weighted indices like the S&P 500 is not confirmed by uniformity across a broad range of other securities, the historical evidence is that investors have generally been facing the last gasp of a bull market.
Depending
on the specific market environment, the Funds may employ hedging techniques to minimize the impact of fluctuations in the overall stock or bond markets, and may also take positions in individual securities that differ substantially from their
weights in the major stock or bond market
indices.
That
weighting feels a bit like cheating, an
index based
on investor choice and convenience rather than market definition.
Notes: The chart shows expected volatility based
on current
index weights and a constant -
weighted 201 months of history.
Additionally, Information Technology (and particularly social media) is a small
weighting in these two
indices, so any new privacy or cyber-security regulations should fall more heavily
on large - cap technology companies.
Unlike traditional
index strategies that typically weight companies based on market capitalization, such as the S&P 500 Index, Fundamental Index strategies use objective financial measures based on company
index strategies that typically
weight companies based
on market capitalization, such as the S&P 500
Index, Fundamental Index strategies use objective financial measures based on company
Index, Fundamental
Index strategies use objective financial measures based on company
Index strategies use objective financial measures based
on company size.
For this purpose, I will focus
on the exchange traded fund managers who have gained a following among Israeli investors,
on the investment
indices that have won investors» trust, and
on the local institutions that have chosen to assign substantial
weight to exchange traded funds in the funds managed by them.
In each regime, they test the ability of a lagged multi-indicator sentiment
index to forecast equally
weighted hedge portfolio returns, focusing
on stocks most likely susceptible to mispricing (small - capitalization stocks, stocks without positive earnings, growth stocks and stocks that pay no dividend).
Blame it in no small part
on the persistent bearishness and downright ugly chart pattern of Apple ($ AAPL), a former market leader and heavily -
weighted stock within the Nasdaq 100
Index.
«Capitalizing
on opportunity requires thought, which can't be done with software allocating $ 3.80 of every dollar invested to Apple because that happens to be its
weight in an
index.»
The modest change to our hedge is intended to maintain our downside protection while hopefully producing a little bit less day - to - day discomfort
on days when Wall Street suddenly goes «risk
on» and chases banks, financials, materials, and high - debt cyclicals, all of which we hold with smaller
weight than the major
indices reflect.
Fundamentally -
weighted indexes weight companies based
on their economic size using price ratios such as sales, book value, cash flow and dividends.
Source: Based
on the HFRI Fund
Weighted Composite
Index.
The «
index» that I constructed isn't a perfect proxy for the front - month version of DBC — a perfect
index would take into account the
weights of each commodity every day, rather than apply static
weights based
on a single day.
On the other hand, value -
weighted indexes seek not only to avoid the losses due to the inefficiencies of market - cap
weighting, but to add performance by buying more of stocks when they are available at bargain prices.
Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility
Index (VIX) reflects a market estimate of future volatility, based
on the
weighted average of the implied volatilities for a wide range of strikes.
The FTSE 250
Index is a capitalization - weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies listed on the London Stock Exch
Index is a capitalization -
weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies listed on the London Stock Exch
index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies listed
on the London Stock Exchange.
The chart below shows DBC's performance in 2012 against the performance of a front - month «
index» I constructed based
on single - commodity front - month futures
indexes weighted with DBC's current
weights.
With nearly 60 % of the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM)
Index allocated to three countries (China, South Korea and Taiwan) and over 52 % to two cyclical sectors in (IT and Financials), those investors relying on the index to gain exposure to Emerging Markets may find that they have also gained an unwanted exposure to the inherent concentration risks ingrained in such a concentrated weigh
Index allocated to three countries (China, South Korea and Taiwan) and over 52 % to two cyclical sectors in (IT and Financials), those investors relying
on the
index to gain exposure to Emerging Markets may find that they have also gained an unwanted exposure to the inherent concentration risks ingrained in such a concentrated weigh
index to gain exposure to Emerging Markets may find that they have also gained an unwanted exposure to the inherent concentration risks ingrained in such a concentrated
weighting.
The MICEX
Index is a capitalization - weighted composite index calculated based on prices of the 50 most liquid Russian st
Index is a capitalization -
weighted composite
index calculated based on prices of the 50 most liquid Russian st
index calculated based
on prices of the 50 most liquid Russian stocks.
Consequently, a fundamentally
weighted index might be more closely aligned to the overall economy since the
weights of the individual companies are based
on size of the company, not just the market cap.
Major
index providers, such as the FTSE, MSCI, and S&P (which produces the TSX Composite
index) publish detailed documents that set forth the bases
on which stocks are included and excluded from the
index, the
weighting methodology, rules for rebalancing and information
on how decisions relating to the
index are made.
PowerShares has created a series of sector ETFs based
on a fundamentally
weighted sector
index, the FSTE RAFI US 1000 I
index, the FSTE RAFI US 1000
IndexIndex.
Market -
Weighted Sector ETFs Market - weighted sector ETFs are based on the traditional market capitalization indexes and their underlying
Weighted Sector ETFs Market -
weighted sector ETFs are based on the traditional market capitalization indexes and their underlying
weighted sector ETFs are based
on the traditional market capitalization
indexes and their underlying sectors.
The Rydex S&P 500 Equal
Weight sector ETFs are based
on the S&P 500
index and the GICS standard.
On the other hand, value and quality factor loadings were different between
indices, and they generally aligned either by constituent selection or
weighting.
The always interesting quant aggregator Quantocracy linked to the following post by John Orford (follow John
on Twitter at @mmport80) outlining a «Steady Volatility Strategy» that targets a constant volatility target based
on the most recent VIX
index as follows: Stock
weight = Target