I need to build an index that checks how good is the economy in any given time, what parameters should i use?
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The federal reserve, treasury department, department of commerce, department of labor, each make contributions to what is commonly called the leading economic indicators.  Major business web sources could be the Wall Street Journal (wsj.com), Businessweek.com, and cnn.com business.  \n\nThere will be papers on discussion of weighting evidence in the federal reserve site, among others (the common commercial sites will give summaries with their commentaries, less technical and distinctly biased to stock market impacts).\n\nUsually, those who devise a new index have a theory they are supporting or attempting to "prove".  The issue of "weights" is something your theory or hypothesis suggests.  Dig the data, build a pattern, devise a theory, then weight according to your hypothesized critical factors.  (A lot of work, isn't it?)
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to see the production levels over a certain period of time
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http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/high_home.asp
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1. Take past data on each socio-economic parameter (like population/ literacy / per capita income / working pop etc- which ever relevant to ur industry).\n2. Take past data of ur industry growth.\n3. Run correlation of parameteres to ur industry growth - identify which ones are highly correlating. (>0.9).\n4. Get data of socio-economic parameter projected for next few years - from trusted expert sources\n4. Use regression analysis to project industry growth hence.\n\nAnd, thats the way its done.
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Best way is to check recent sales prices of other homes in the area.  Try domania.com.  As for what it will fetch in another year from now, no way to predict.
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http://www.economy.com/dismal/\nThis web site is a good starting point.
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Indexes OR indices--either will work.
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check out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_economy
2012
To find the economic situation of any country, the best resource, in my opinion, is the Economist's 'Country Briefings' section:\nhttp://www.economist.com/countries\n\nIt has political and economic information, forecasts, statistics, and recent articles covering what's new and important in each country.  I have never found a better research resource than this.
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I'd also browse through eBay to see what issues are up for auction and what the going rate is.  This would give you a better idea of what the market is like, how much people will really pay for what you have.  Good luck.
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Historical quotes:\n\nhttp://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/
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Index High for the year = 12612.38\nCurrent value = 10,309.09\n\n% change = 18.3% in local currency
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Do a search. These values have to be out there somewhere if you can ask for them as you have.
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In the USA, bankrate.com provides daily comparisons of this and other financial data.  Results will depend on your location.
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the www.stockcharts.com:\n\nuse the tool to analyze GLD and IAU.
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Find out the tecnical intermediate  or short term range of the Market , then choose a particular company you want to invest in \n*find out its PE ratio( safe if below 8 in most cases)\n* its earning per share\n* its dependence on foreign markets (genrally if a company  uses indigineously produced goods and its main market is within its own nation it is more safe)\n*its book value in comparison to its market Quotation \n*and finally its networth and capital valuation
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You need to answer that question yourself. If I tell you a stock and you buy it and then it goes bankrupt, you will hate me for the rest of your life. If you do your research and buy a stock based on that and it goes down, you will figure that it is a lesson that you learned the hard way. \n\nAsk yourself these questions.\n\nwhere do I think the growth will be?\n\nwhat is the outlook for the economy?\n\nwhat is the outlook for the economy of other coutries?\n\nwhat companies am I familar with that I think are doing a good job?