The KBW Bank Index is a benchmark stock index of the banking sector. The index was first developed by the investment bank Keefe, Bruyette, and Woods (KBW), which specializes in the financial sector.

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they simply track the performance of a specific market index, meaning investment vehicles based on index funds typically have lower fees than mutual funds. Index funds tend to be more tax ...

UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI) is the first commodity index that diversifies investment across the futures curve ... diversified commodity selection and multiple maturities mean that ...

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and New York's Signature Bank in the space of 72 hours. An index of credit default swaps (CDS) on U.S. investment-grade companies rose to 90.2 basis points, its highest since November, after U.S ...