{"id":29760,"date":"2012-06-27T07:19:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T11:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=29760"},"modified":"2012-06-27T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:14:09","slug":"dow-jones-launches-an-index-of-indexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/06\/2012\/dow-jones-launches-an-index-of-indexes.html","title":{"rendered":"Dow Jones Launches an \u201cIndex of Indexes\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dow-jones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-29763\" title=\"dow jones\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dow-jones-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dow-jones-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dow-jones-1024x337.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dow-jones.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones RBP U.S. Directional Allocation Index, a gauge that automatically allocates weights among other indexes that reflect distinct viewpoints on the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>Constructed as an \u201cindex of indexes,\u201d the new gauge reallocates among an \u201caggressive\u201d index, a \u201cdefensive\u201d index and a \u201cmarket\u201d index\u2014while also allowing the possibility to allocate fully to a cash component\u2014based on an automated system that uses economic and market indicators as inputs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith today\u2019s launch we\u2019ve further supplemented the toolkit available to those seeking sophisticated measures of the U.S. market,\u201d said Michael A. Petronella, President, Dow Jones Indexes. \u201cThe Dow Jones RBP U.S. Directional Allocation Index is the first index of its kind seeking to account for the current market environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The allocation mechanism used in the new index\u2019s methodology utilizes a \u201cmoving average crossover system,\u201d as it is known, to generate signals for rebalancings by comparing moving averages of economic and market indicators.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones RBP U.S. Directional Allocation Index, a gauge that automatically allocates weights among other indexes that reflect distinct viewpoints on the U.S. market. Constructed as an \u201cindex of indexes,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-launches","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29762,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29760\/revisions\/29762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}