Word: indexes
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...hurry than to bet on Indian stocks. Millions of Indians were finally clawing their way into the middle class, creating a new domestic consumer market, while companies in Bombay and Bangalore emerged as global players in everything from outsourcing to pharmaceuticals. Investors went crazy. India's main stock index, the Sensex, has more than tripled in the past three years. One giddy investing show on Indian TV has even dubbed itself Sensex and the City...
...Jones Industrial Average losing all the ground it had gained so far this year. Japan's stock market is down 11% on the year; gold has had its biggest slide in a decade and a half; and many emerging markets are wobbling. After Wednesday's Consumer Price Index report from the Labor Department, which showed a 0.4 percent increase in prices for May (core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3 percent), the stock market made a comeback. But with future interest rate hikes now starting to be priced into the market, investor fears that central bankers around...
...Michael Atiyah is a British mathematician who made field-changing discoveries in string theory and superspace beginning over four decades ago. After winning the Fields Medal in 1966 for his work on topological K-Theory, Atiyah continued to revolutionize mathematical subfields, including geometry and theoretical physics. The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem, which he developed with MIT’s Isadore M. Singer, earned the duo the 2004 Abel Prize, given by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
...market like this people often ignore good news." AJIT SURANA, Indian stockbroker, on the country's recent market meltdown. India's Sensex index has plunged more than 20% since May 11 despite news that the economy grew by 8.4% in the year that ended March...
...League athletic policies, I remained convinced that in general, the league does collegiate sports the right way. It’s a competitive and intriguing product that has won me over as a fan for life. And while league supporters may banter about recruiting restrictions, athletic scholarships, and Academic Index floors, there’s very little the Ivy League could do to make me a bigger...