Word: indexation
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...Asia has swung back to greed as the region shows signs of recovery - and some economists are warning that asset-price bubbles that had been popped by the global recession may be reinflating. Property and stock prices are soaring in many parts of Asia: Shanghai's main stock-market index has surged about 90% this year, while Indonesian stocks are up 70%. By comparison, the S&P 500 is up 11%. (See the World Economic Forum...
...star performer in that category), there's more mortgage-refinancing happening, and credit-card problems may be bottoming - all good stuff, say Goldman's strategists. But there's another important reason the earnings for S&P financial stocks are looking better: many of the sickies are gone from the index, including Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie...
...stock market rose powerfully on Wednesday, with the Dow jumping 3.1% to 8,617 and the small-stock Russell 2000 index rising 3.9%. That's more than most bond funds return in a full year, and it was the best daily performance in the last three months for many market indexes, including the Dow and the S&P 500; the broad S&P index is up 6% this week alone...
...inarticulate, undereducated ... She just begs for adjectives like flaky and wacky ... (she) has no credentials for any job" - by • self-pitying Facebook page of • Shannyn Moore says "Bring it on!" to • "whining" about unfavorable media coverage used to "bother" • wondering by author of this index if presenting enough unflattering material about, like this and this and this and this, and this, will prompt the threat of a lawsuit...
...purchase it. It's hard for them to exercise outdoors, and even when they do have the opportunity, it's so hot, they don't want to. To combat this affliction, some Southern states have adopted programs to fight rising obesity. In 2003, Arkansas passed a school body mass index-screening program that assesses weight and sends the results home to parents. Tennessee encourages its schools to buy fresh ingredients from local growers. And in 2007, Mississippi adopted nutritional standards for school lunches. Most of these programs are relatively new, so it will be a few years before experts...