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Statistical indicator that gauges the change in an economy or a securities market. In finance, it is an imaginary securities portfolio that represent a specific market or a part of it. Every index has its own computation methodology, normally expressed in terms of a change from a base value. These indexes serve as a measure for a specific market or industry and benchmark against the economic or financial performance being gauged.
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M3
Measuring money supply which includes the following: M2, large time-deposits, repos of maturity larger than one day at commercial banks, institutio ...
S&P 500 Mini
S&P 500 Mini is a derivative contract that represents a designated fraction of the trading value of a standard S&P futures or options contr ...
Rationalization
A reorganization of a company to surge its efficiency. Reorganization may lead to an expansion or reduction in company size, policy changes, or an ...
Industry Bet
Strategy where investors or portfolio managers escalate or reduce holdings in an entire industry, rather than buying or selling individual stocks f ...
Risk Averse
A term that describes an investor who will prefer an investment with the lower risk when he or she encounters two investments with a similar expect ...
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Gauging Inflation
In the United States, the inflation rate was 0.2% through the 12 months ended July. In the United Kingdom, inflation was 0.1% in July.
Defining Inflation
Inflation is the sustained increase in the overall level of products and services in an economy over a particular time period. Expressed as percent ...
Introduction to Inflation
I asked my grandparents about the cost of living during World War II. They told me people during that period could buy a house for $5,000, a car fo ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:30 | Industrial Production | Jul | |
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | Aug | |
| 11:01 | New Yuan Loans | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Consumer Price Index | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Consumer Price Index Core | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Common Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Trimmed Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Median Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Manufacturing Shipments | Jul |
