Index Indices

I am gonna be interning at a desk dealin with indices. Any insights regarding the same, how they function, new ones coming up, how they are used, how can they helpful in trading , what could a sales role on such a desk involve etc will be of immense help.
Am a newbie and have very less idea of stuff and any help in guiding me in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.

thnx

 

thnx ,,,i get the picture but what i am looking for is not information about one index but a broader understanding of how indices and how they help. also, certain specific general questions: 1.wht a sales role wud involve when a BB is comin up with a new index ? 2.where can i read up more about indices and how they help in the business?

plz dont be restrained by my description as it is of a newbie who doesnt know stuff,,,,anything u can add would be of help....hope this helps!!

 

index are a basket of whatever...commodities, stocks, who knows...provides easy access to a broad product sector, sort of a one stop shop. so of course they are important. give me more specifics on the desk.

 
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dont know if i can provide more details as it may not allowed and i dont wanna jump the gun even before joining. a few details which might help clear confusions about what i am wanting to find out: 1.say an index is built and i know products can be designed around the same.eg the environment index,,,,how does one go about makin products around it? now people who wanna hedge agaisnt environmental risks would trade these products .. am i right? 2.u said->"provides easy access to a broad product sector, sort of a one stop shop. " easy access to what? one stop shop meaning..?? one stop shop for what? 3. obviously a sales role would in involve pitching to such clients, what could be the issues/roadblocks involved? 4. also, say a bank launches one index , can other banks make products based on the same index? 5. what skills[in terms of preperation] would be required in making such products?

thnx!

 

1)sure that sounds about right 2)you don't have to buy the components, you can just get exposure to all of them by buying the index 3)understanding the product, understanding the clients needs, hitting their return hurdles 4)yes 5)you mean the actual structuring of the index? some sense of what'll sell/be acceptable as a benchmark. for trading, you'll need to have a feel for the correlation b/w the components.

 

It could refer to the technical nonsense, but in trading lingo "handle" is merely the dollar figure. In other words, say I'm negotiating a block of 250k shares of XYZ currently trading 5.15. If I'm the buyer I might tell the broker, "i'm not interested in anything with a 5 handle" e.g. I want to buy it under $5.00. aka under 5 "the figure".

 

There are (at least) two uses of the term "handle".

One is as cartwright says, where it can refer to the most significant digit. The second is like your original usage, where it refers to points in an index. For instance, in the morning you might say that SPX is down 15 handles, just meaning that pre-opening it's trading 15 points below the previous close.

 

I've almost exclusively heard it used in FX referring to Big Figures, ie the major part of the quote. Generally its everything but the last 2 digits in FX.

IE: EUR/USD 1.2258, Handle is 1.22 USD/JPY 88.61, Handle is 88

The purpose is so you don't have to quote the handle, the market knows where that is.

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