Markets indices

BBA to enhance Libor governance

The association will add more independent members to the committee overseeing the key indices, which have faced criticism during the ongoing tensions in the money markets

EMEA Business Manager, Multi-Asset Class Risk Analytics (London)

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U.S. stocks mixed, blue chips dive, techs hold steady

U.S. stocks were mixed Thursday with techs holding their own, while the blue chip indices fell.

European shares slide, insurers hit by Munich Re forecast

Munich Re warned that its 2008 net profit would miss targets.Overall, losses on the continent's leading indices were less acute than those suffered by Asian markets in reaction to a sharp fall on Wall...

Stock Quotes Pro

Stock Quotes Pro is a software utility that instantly downloads end-of-day historical quotes of stocks, indices and mutual funds publicly traded in US, Canada and international markets. It produces quotes output in a customizable ASCII format which makes historical stock quotes data compatible with... [Stock Software]

Stock Rally not Confirmed by Credit Markets

Global stocks posted their first weekly rally since early June for the week ending July 18th. Last week, the Dow gained 3.6%. Normally, a strong equity market rally would be confirmed by gains for credit indices, as investors raise their...

Alliant Announces 1,225 New Political & Economic Risk Indices and Ratings on Bloomberg With a...

July 22, 2008, 6:00pm to 7:00pm; Bloomberg Headquarters, 731 Lexington Avenue; Entrance on 59th Street, between Lexington & 3rd Avenue; Reception to Follow at 7:00pm NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Alliant Emerging Markets is...

External merchandise trade. Indices of volume and price: Export and import prices up

Prices increased in both export and import markets from the first to the second quarter. The oil price contributed significantly to raise export prices, while prices of metals, agricultural products and refined petroleum products pushed import prices up.

WATCH THOSE YIELDS

Equity markets are down, which means that dividend yields are up. It's a fundamental relationship, and one that endures. No wonder, then, that a growing body of academic research (and a healthy dose of common sense) counsels that the relationship produces valuable clues for strategic-minded investors. In short, raise equity weights when yields are relatively high, and trim that exposure when yields are relatively low. Ideally, such shifts are done gradually, over time, to manage the risk that no...

Indices Rally Sharply in Closing Hours

The markets had a volatile morning, pulled back early afternoon and then rallied very sharply at the end of the day, taking out overhead resistance and perhaps completing a basing pattern on the NDX.