Hello - I made some changes this weekend on the !CRB index, the index that previously had the symbol !CRB is now !CCI. This is the same CRB index that we have had for years, it now has the symbol !CCI.
The current !CRB index is now the Reuters/Jeffries CRB index. Here's the difference: THERE ARE NOW TWO CRB INDEXES... Part of the reason for that long-term bullishness may be found in the action of key commodity prices indices. We feel obliged to clarify some changes that have been made in the CRB Index. In June of 2005, the Reuters Jefferies CRB was introduced by the New York Board of Trade, in replacement for the Reuters CRB Index. The "new? Reuters Jefferies CRB was developed to more closely resemble the Goldman-Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) which has a much bigger energy weighting and includes more industrial metals. The new Jefferies/ CRB is more heavily weighted to the energy sector with 33% devoted to oil products and an additional 6% in natural gas. The old CRB had a 17.5% energy weight. The "old" CRB Index is comprised of 17 different commodities and is now referred to as the Continuous Commodity Index (CCI). The new version of the CRB includes 19 commodities. Two of the new commodities are industrial metals --aluminum and nickel. The Continuous Commodity Index (CCI) is an equally-weighted (5.88% per commodity) index, calculated geometrically; the RJ/CRB (CRB) is variably-weighted, calculated arithmetically. !CCI - is the old crb. !CRB - is the new Reuters/Jeffries CRB Here's a link that has all the prices: http://www.crbtrader.com/crbindex/data.asp Best regards, Gary Lyben [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quotes-plus/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
