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- Premcor Inc. to Join FORTUNE 500 Index
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 4, 2002 FORTUNE announced today that Premcor Inc. (NYSE: PCO) will be added to the FORTUNE 500R Index (Symbol: FFX) after the close of trading on Friday, June 7, 2002. Premcor, based in Old Greenwich, Conn., is an independent petroleum refiner and...
- Research articles 2002-06-04
- MSCI Bara Introduces New Indexes to Counter Russian Trading Stoppages
- IndexUniverse submits: MSCI Barra MXB has created two new Russia indexes to mitigate the problems recently exposed with the frequent suspension of trading on the Russian stock markets during the global market unrest. The new MSCI Barra indexes will capture the performance of Russian stocks that are traded...
- External links 2008-10-17
- A Market By Any Other Name
- It's not unusual for people to talk about "the market" as if there were a common meaning for the word, but in reality the many indexes of the differing segments of the market don't always move in tandem. If they did, there would be no reason to have multiple indices....
- White papers
- The Benefits of Real Asset Portfolio Diversification
- Imagine a country that has a unique and diverse economy. Operating within this country are many well capitalised corporations. Shares in these corporations are traded on well established global exchanges. A highly liquid index of these companies also trades on a global exchange. This index has exhibited the following properties:...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Enhanced Or Active? Precisely Defining Enhanced Endexing And Risk-Controlled Active Management
- Few areas of investment management are as misunderstood as enhanced indexing. For an investment approach that stresses precision, this is quite ironic. Yet despite this hindrance, this type of investing has been growing dramatically around the world, particularly in the bearish early years of the new century. This article refines...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Intelligent Indexes The Scientific Approach To Money Management
- Intelligent indexes are indexes that select securities for their capital appreciation potential rather than simply incorporating representative securities regardless of their investment merit. Intelligent indexes attempt to earn alpha through a risk-managed portfolio construction process and through a robust and objective valuation process, which evaluates securities before they are placed...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How Is Your Reconstitution? Has Rebalancing Become A Drag?
- Index providers can provide benefit by understanding the effects their indexing policies have on their clients the indexers, and by adjusting their policies that will result in enhanced returns to the ultimate client the investor. Clearly, the index provider community has addressed some of the issues that are highlighted in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Fundamental Profit Based Equity Indexation: A Better Way To Hold the Market
- Profit weighted indexes are a new way of looking at markets. This new approach uses profit instead of market capitalization as its principal weighting tool, has a clear methodology and, on back testing, produces consistently superior returns. Moreover, this superior performance has been generated with lower volatility than comparable market...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Constructing Benchmark Indexes: A Balancing Act
- The objective of this article is to distinguish between the different types of equity indexes on the basis of the investment needs that such indexes fulfill. In this regard, it classifies equity indexes in three broad categories: Indicators are indexes that do not possess the qualities of a good performance...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Northern Trust Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We’ll take our first question from Brian Foran with Goldman Sachs. Brian Foran - Goldman Sachs Good morning guys, how are you? I guess first on TARP potential repayment, do you expect or have you been given any guidance to return the funds without...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-21
- Are Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator for the Economy?
- Yesterday, the American Institute of Architects announced that its monthly index of architecture billings rose more than eight points in March 2009. That's on top of a two-point gain in February. Don't pop the cork yet. The monthly index of 43.7 indicates that the amount of money...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Fundamental Indexing: Checking In on the New Paradigm
- A few years ago, I met a former colleague for lunch. He had just come from a conference where he heard Research Affiliates' Rob Arnott describe his new "fundamental index" philosophy, and he was quite excited about it. For the uninitiated, Rob Arnott and Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel are...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Apollo Investment F4Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Sanjay Sakhrani with KBW. Sanjay Sakhrani - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Thank you. Jim, I think you talked about the technical rally in the markets this quarter and I guess I was wondering if you think...
- Earnings calls 2009-06-02
- Another Small Improvement in House Prices, and Confidence Returns
- U.S. housing prices, as measured by S&P's Case-Shiller index, inched higher in June. Prices were up 1.4 percent for the month, following half a percent in May. Consumer sentiment improved in August, after dropping for two months. Neither data point is thrilling, but each is another brick in the foundation...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- 5 Reasons Stocks Are Down
- So far, September is living up to being the worst month for stocks. With an hour left in the trading day, US stock indexes are down about 1.8% on a day where the economic data was better than expected. The...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Dow Approaching 10,000
- The index is nearing the psychologically important mark again, but the broader economy is still shaky. MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger discusses what you should do.
- Videos 2009-10-13
- Leading Economic Indicators Show A Nice Recovery, But Are They Still Relevant?
- The Conference Board released its monthly index of Leading Economic Indicators LEI for the U.S. this week, making a string of six positive reports. The index rose by one point, to 103.5; four of this year's monthly gains have been greater than one point, suggesting a strong recovery is in...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Home Prices in August Up Fourth Straight Month
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices in August rose for the fourth straight month, surpassing forecasts and providing the latest sign that the hard-hit housing market is stabilizing after a three-year slump, according a report on Tuesday.The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller composite index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Home Prices in August Up Fourth Straight Month
- By Julie HavivNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices rose for the fourth straight month in August and shoppers spent more last week, providing evidence consumer demand could be stabilizing.The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller report on Tuesday showed a composite index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas rose 1.2 percent...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Stabilizing Returns With Derivatives: Risk-Adjusted Performance For Derivatives-Based Indexes
- The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA generally requires corporate pension fiduciaries to diversify the investments of the plan to minimize the risk of large losses, except when it is clearly prudent not to do so. Index options and futures are tools that for two decades have been used to...
- White papers 2003-10-01
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