commodity index

collocation in English

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commodity
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us
/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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index
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.deks/us
/ˈɪn.deks/
an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. ...
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(Definition ofcommodityandindexfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So acommodityindexcould represent time, uncertainty, and commodity characteristics like location, whatever you wanted.
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So far the world foodcommodityindexhas fallen by 50 per cent (see figure 3).
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Reuterscommodityindex, which was 100 in 1931, was 500 a year ago and is 1,000 today.
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These track the performance of an underlyingcommodityindexincluding total return indices based on a single commodity.
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A recent discussion ofcommodityindexlong-term trends supported his positions.
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Investors can choose to obtain a passive exposure to these commodity price indices through a total return swap or acommodityindexfund.
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The changing pattern in commodity term structures has important implications forcommodityindexinvesting.
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The advantages of a passivecommodityindexexposure include negative correlation with other asset classes such as equities and bonds, as well as protection against inflation.
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While a stock market index is a purely mathematical construct, acommodityindexrequires entering a long position or ownership of a physical product through a futures exchange.
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Exchange-traded funds are hardly ever actively managed and often track a specific market or commodity indices.
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This showed all of the stock and commodity indexes, two rows of stock ticker tapes and over-the-shoulder real-time pricing information.
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