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The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, or the Agg, is a broad base, market capitalization-weighted bond market index representing intermediate term investment grade bonds traded in the United States. Investors frequently use the index as a stand-in for measuring the performance of the US bond market .
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The Frankfurt Bond Market, 1988. A bond index or bond market index is a method of measuring the investment performance and characteristics of the bond market.There are numerous indices of differing construction that are designed to measure the aggregate bond market and its various sectors (government, municipal, corporate, etc.)
Bond Type Currency Australia Office of Financial Management Treasury Indexed Bonds (TIBs) AUD ($) Canada Bank of Canada Marketable Bonds CAD ($) China Ministry of Finance People's Bank of China (PBC) Bonds CNY (¥) France Agence France Tresor (French Treasury) Obligation Assimilable du Tresor (OAT) EUR (€) Germany
Bonds and bank loans form what is known as the credit market. The global credit market in aggregate is about three times the size of the global equity market. [2] Bank loans are not securities under the Securities and Exchange Act, but bonds typically are and are therefore more highly regulated.
A bond's market value at different times in its life can be calculated. When the yield curve is steep, the bond is predicted to have a large capital gain in the first years before falling in price later. When the yield curve is flat, the capital gain is predicted to be much less, and there is little variability in the bond's total returns over ...
It is not clear from this article if access to the bond index is available to the public or by subscription only. If historical data such as a chart or graph is available, could someone please provide a link? WWriter 16:58, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index was established by the Wilshire Associates in 1974, naming it for the approximate number of issues it included at the time. It was renamed the "Dow Jones Wilshire 5000" in April 2004, after Dow Jones & Company assumed responsibility for its calculation and maintenance.