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...question-is there a bubble in China stocks?-is of global concern because of the knock-on effect a meltdown could have on markets worldwide. After soaring 130% last year, the Shanghai Composite Index suddenly buckled on Feb. 27, plunging 8.8% and giving investors in the rest of the world a sudden case of the Chinese flu. Since then, however, China stocks have resumed their near-vertical ascent, in recent weeks setting record highs almost daily. By some estimates, there is now more money in the Shanghai stock market than there is in bank savings accounts nationwide-this...
...primary obstacles Saretsky has already begun to deal with is the Academic Index (AI), a league-wide admissions metric rooted in standardized test scores and class rank...
While amending or removing the Academic Index would likely be a boon for African-American representation—Lincoln himself is in favor of instituting nothing more than a simple floor—such a prospect is not only contentious, but unlikely. Instead, two main avenues for improvement in diversity emerge. The first deals with the efforts and identity of the coach itself, and the second with minority access in the long-term...
...institution to eliminate these indirect holdings can be high.“The obvious and easiest form of divestment is just to take no discretionary active position in a company,” Campbell says. “But it’s much trickier to eliminate indexes because the world market today is organized into indexes.”An index fund is a kind of mutual fund that is designed to match the stocks included in market indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500.While Campbell says he might support divestment...
...index grew 15.8 percent...