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New York Stock Indexes Reach New Highs

posted by n1 on Tuesday August 16 2016, @01:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the money-for-nothing dept.

butthurt writes:

Reuters and Yahoo Finance report that the Dow 30 NASDAQ and S&P 500 stock indexes all reached record high levels on Monday. According to Yahoo this last occurred in 1999.

Reuters cited as possible factors speculation that the central bank will not soon raise interest rates, rising oil prices due to speculation that oil producers may cut production, and a Bureau of Labor Statistics report issued earlier in the month.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday August 16 2016, @08:51AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday August 16 2016, @08:51AM (#388619) Homepage
    No - you can't not care! These things are important!

    I notice your link says "the conventions of English" in order to support -ex -> -exes, but the conventions of English were historically -ex -> -ices, we did borrow straight from the latin. So they slightly shoot themselves in the foot there.

    However, every day, I use *both* spellings!

    I, however, do that deliberately, and in order to reduce ambiguity. I am managing a bunch of index files (indexes) consisting of rows containing numerical indices. Cow-orkers seem happy with that choice.
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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday August 16 2016, @10:13AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday August 16 2016, @10:13AM (#388631) Journal

    I, however, do that deliberately, and in order to reduce ambiguity. I am managing a bunch of index files (indexes) consisting of rows containing numerical indices. Cow-orkers seem happy with that choice.

    Wow, that's hardcore dawg. I mean, mooooooooo.

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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday August 16 2016, @04:48PM

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Tuesday August 16 2016, @04:48PM (#388721) Journal

    However, every day, I use *both* spellings!

    Indeed. If you're referring to math (e.g., summations), programming (e.g., loop counters), and a few other technical contexts, indices is the most common (American) English plural. If you're referring to other contexts (e.g., those things in the back of books that tell you where to find stuff), indexes is more common, even among publishers and such.

    That seems to be a pretty standard convention, but stocks fall somewhere in the middle, and I've seen both plurals.