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...Index providers are naturally exposed to political scrutiny....
...Concerns are rising that passive, index-tracking funds may be completely absent from the UK’s upcoming “green” fund regime....
...The two largest contributions to the index declines came from Apple, which fell 2.2 per cent, and Tesla, down 3 per cent....
...Vanguard’s move was expected to herald a broad shift to cheaper options, or self-indexing — where the index fund provider themselves create and manage the underlying index....
...“We keep Chinese stocks out of index funds because those funds do no research into the risks these companies pose,” he added....
...India has seen a similar pick-up, according to the latest edition of the twice-yearly Brookings-FT Tracking Index for the Global Economic Recovery, or Tiger....
...The producer price index, a leading indicator of consumer price inflation, rose 0.2 per cent month-on-month in March, the US labour department said on Thursday....
...Asia’s major stock markets declined on Wednesday, except in Hong Kong as the city’s benchmark Hang Seng index added 1.9 per cent during the morning session....
...As of the end of Wednesday in the US, the index had receded slightly to about 18.2, still far above its late-March level of 12.6....
...Japan’s broader Topix index added 0.2 per cent on Monday. South Korea’s Kospi index made large gains after a long weekend, adding 1.1 per cent in early trading....
...Both ETFs, which have a total expense ratio of 0.35 per cent, are designed to generate high income through actively managing a “diversified basket of primarily dividend paying stocks and by selling index...
...The country’s benchmark Topix index added 0.6 per cent for the day, while the Nikkei 225 index, widely watched by domestic retail investors but more exporter-oriented than the overall economy, was flat....
...The Hang Seng index added 2.4 per cent, with the Hang Seng Tech index gaining 3.6 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 1.2 per cent....
...Consolidation in institutional investment and the rise of index investing pushes money towards bigger index constituents, leaving just about everyone else and particular mid- or small-cap growth companies...
...The index closed that day at 38,915. The Nikkei has risen 17.5 per cent since the start of the year, making it the world’s best-performing major index, as a falling yen lures foreign investors....
...The consumer confidence index, a leading indicator of consumer spending that measures people’s views of their personal finances and the state of the economy, fell to minus 21 in February from a two-year...
...“Even with recent interest in actively managed ETFs, index-based funds remain the core of most portfolios.”...
...The stock index gains have come even as government bond yields have risen, reflecting falling prices....
...Thursday’s figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis are separate to the US’s consumer price index, which rose 3.1 per cent in the year to January....
...S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index, which measures business activity across the bloc, rose to an eight-month high of 48.9 this month, up from 47.9 in January....
...European stocks followed Asian markets higher on Friday, with gains for real estate stocks and basic materials groups pushing the region’s main index to a fresh record high....
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 1.9 per cent in early trading and China’s CSI 300 added 0.2 per cent....
...Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index closed at a 33-year high on Tuesday, after rising index 1.2 per cent over the day to hit 33,763.18. Chip-related stocks surged, following similar names in the US higher....
...Specification: Economic Indicators Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Federal Reserve’s target index How does January’s CPI compare...
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