Word: indexed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There was one where they asked me to sit in a room and sort 200 index cards into 12 piles," he said...
...nonresidential construction, as well as "a widening of the trade gap," but thinks they will be largely offset by further gains in consumer spending, business investment in information technology and "some increase in government spending." Profits of companies whose stocks are included in the Standard & Poor's 500 index will rise about 5%, she forecasts, vs. a flat performance this year but well below the double-digit gains of 1997 and earlier years. Inflation, Reaser thinks, is bottoming out this year, with the Consumer Price Index rising a trifling 1.5%. She expects about 2.4% in 1999--still no cause...
...provide some comparison, the S&P 500 Index, a commonly used benchmark of stock performance, has increased by 18 percent since the beginning of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by 10 percent...
...Camp was shunned by the investors that most influence stock prices: the mutual funds. Before the bid by International Paper, Union Camp was one of only 12 among the 66 industrial companies in the S&P 500 that still traded below its 1987 high--after a decade when that index quadrupled...
...picking, but you'll probably pay a price in lower returns on your investment. Fully 60% of investment clubs regularly underperform the stock market, according to a new study from UC Davis. Your returns will be higher in an actively managed mutual fund, and higher still in a broad index fund...