[PW] CRB

[Michael Caricofe]

>From the CRB background page:

"The index was then prepared for Tuesday of each week until May 1981 when
Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) began calculating the index on a daily
basis."

http://www.crbtrader.com/crbindex/spot_background.asp

And from a press release in May 2005:

"Reuters (LSE: RTR, Nasdaq: RTRSY), the global information company, and
Jefferies Financial Products, LLC, a leading provider of commodity-related
products for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Jefferies Group,
Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced a strategic alliance to revise the Reuters
CRB Index, to be renamed the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index ("RJ/CRB")."

http://tinyurl.com/yr5v82

Hope this helps!

Michael

On 6/19/07, JMGreen <jmgreen at sisna.com> wrote:
>
> In financial news there is often quoted data from the
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> Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index
>
> What does CRB stand for?  Who is Jefferies?
>
> Tx
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> JMGreen
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