The loss was from bad bets on the direction of European stock index futures.
That looks pale alongside the 12.7% you could have earned on the Vanguard Index 500 fund.
The Hang Seng index of 33 blue-chip companies is already trading near its four-year lows.
The cheapest index funds like the SPDR (SPY, 113) take only a hair off.
Its Gini index, a measure of income inequality, dropped from 0.63 to 0.52 from 1989 to 2009.
Despite all the good news the Mexican stock index is off nearly 15% so far this year.
Hey, Schwab brokers promote Schwab index funds, when they could send you to cheaper alternatives from Vanguard.
The index has fallen 15% in eight sessions, including one-day declines of 7.3%, 5.1% and 3.2%.
That index has soared, rising 49% in 2006, fueling Slim's enormous gain in wealth.
The U.S. dollar index was modestly lower Wednesday morning but did hit a three-week high overnight.
The index takes into account factors such as health and safety, education and housing.
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The market was weighed by sharp moves in large index constituent Fast Retailing Co.
In that period the Russell 2000 index of small companies averaged only a 12% return.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index recovered from Wednesday's 8 percent plunge, gaining 2.7 percent by midday.
IShares added the MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund (ENZL) in September, 2010.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.2 percent to 13, 475.64, echoing U.S. stock markets losses Friday.
He believes the index will end the year at 1600, 3.1% below Thursday's close of 1650.47.
Zang and his colleague Rob Subbaraman created a China Stress Index (CSI) last year.
To explore this they used an index of weather severity called the North Atlantic oscillation.
Put your money into an index fund mimicking the whole market and just forget about it.
The U.S. dollar index was higher Monday, which did limit the upside in gold.
Ms Edwin says that the new index will not be ready until early 2014.
Germany's DAX index rose 0.9% to 7144.45, while France's CAC-40 index finished 0.4% higher at 3580.21.
The company uses thousands of index cards to keep track of customers' foot measurements.
Singapore's main index slumped 2.2% to 2924.95 while Korea's Kospi was 1.6% lower at 1956.44.
But too many hedge funds bought more of the entering stocks than the index-fund managers needed.
Our clients sleep better at night with index funds and we sleep better, too.
The U.S. dollar index was firmer Tuesday on a mild recovery from recent selling pressure.
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The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index for financial services was up 1.4% on Tuesday afternoon.
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