Talk:Bond market indexing

Feel free to develope this page Blbarnitz 23:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Hopefully, there's enough information to be comparable to Stock Market Indexing. Overview, list of major providers, etc. --LadyGeek 00:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Iboxx does provide bond indexes, please refer to the iboxx site for indices and methodologies.--Blbarnitz 00:21, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

- Are there any US Treasury (bond / T-bill / note) indices direct from the US gov't? Indices which affect yield and price: Are they relevant in the context of buying / selling bonds in real-time? Should they be mentioned in this page?
 * TIPS use the Consumer Price Index- TIPS/CPI Data
 * Yield curves? - Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates

- Yahoo Finance has 4 Treasury indices- Major US Indices (Treasury) which are listed as coming from Chicago. For example: Treasury Yield 30 Years (Chicago Options: ^TYX) ? ^TNX is listed as "CBOE Interest Rate 10-Year T-No". I could only find this regarding ^TNX:(Chicago Board of Exchange) Interest Rate Options. What are these indices? Are they relevant for this page?

Otherwise, it seems that the major index providers are Morningstar, iBoxx, and Barclays. --LadyGeek 01:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't locate any reference info for Salomon Smith Barney Indices. The only link is to a glossary definition. After some research, it appears that Citicorp came out with competing funds. There's no mention of SSB indices anywhere, only S&P/Citicorp. Where did they go? If there's no info, then it's probably not worth researching for this page. Maybe as a historical note, but I can't find the history.


 * After further thought, my earlier question about TIPS indices and Yield curves aren't relevant for real-time pricing. --LadyGeek 00:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Merrill Lynch bond index info is not available on their web site (I couldn't find anything). The only index listing is on an ETF database ETF dB List of Bond/Fixed Income Indexes, no index details provided. This site also promotes leveraged ETFs, so it's probably not good as a wiki reference. The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Bond Index Rules came up in a Yahoo search, no way to find directly. --LadyGeek 02:09, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

What is different between the recently added Fixed Income style box and the bond market index style box (if any)? Is this table still needed? --LadyGeek 02:35, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I put this page as Expanded instead of UnderConstruction since it just needs more material. Should it be put in the Indexing category instead of Development?

The International Index Returns (sidebar) entry is missing. Should it be removed? If not, where is the information to create the missing information (and how to present it)? I'm not familiar with this topic. --LadyGeek 21:03, 9 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I do not think I have gotten around to trying to find return histories for international bond indices (if they are even available, finding data is a long arduous task). I can draft an empty page and post it. I would not remove the entry.--Blbarnitz 21:25, 9 October 2010 (UTC)