Refractive Index: Numerical value indicating the light bending power of a medium such as glass. The greater the bending power, the greater the refractive index.

 

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Refractive Index: Numerical value indicating the light bending power of a medium such as glass. The greater the bending power, the greater the refractive index.

Price Index: Current price expressed as a proportion to the same price in an earlier time period, commonly called the base period. Monthly price indexes computed by the National Agricultural Statistics S . . . View Full Definition

Price-Weighted Index: An index giving a greater influence to higher-valued stocks by weighting all component stocks by their price.

Photo File Index Print: Makes ordering reprints and enlargements easy. A small print shows a positive, 'thumbnail' version of every picture on an aps roll. Each thumbnail picture is numbered on the index print to m . . . View Full Definition

Prices Paid Index: An index that measures changes in the prices paid for goods and services used in crop and livestock production and family living. The production component of the index accounts for over 65% . . . View Full Definition

Palmer Drought Index: A long-term meteorological drought severity index produced by the NOAA/USDA (Department of Agriculture) Joint Agricultural Weather Facility. The index depicts prolonged times, as in months o . . . View Full Definition

Optimization Approach To Indexing: An approach to indexing that seeks to optimize some objective, such as to maximize the portfolio yield, to maximize convexity, or to maximize expected total returns.

Producer Price Index (PPI): Index measuring changes in wholesale prices, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics every month.

Reverse Index: An index of keywords which stores records of matching documents that contain those keywords.

Risk Indexes: Categories of risk used to calculate fundamental beta, including (1) market variability, (2) earnings variability, (3) low valuation, (4) immaturity and smallness, (5) growth orientation, an . . . View Full Definition