Monthly Index Chart Book
June 2015 ` Comment & The Chart of the Month June 2015 Introduction Graph 6: 20 Month Bollinger Bands - Global 3,500 This Index Chart Book is intended to run in parallel with the EPRA Bollinger Bands Moving Average Statistical Bulletin and Monthly Review . While the bulletin focuses on 3,000 Index Value performance, this index chart book will use the same data in an effort to identify historical trends and indicators on the index series. 2,500 2,000 Example 1,500 This month's highlighted graph is Graph 6, the Bollinger Bands for the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Developed index, as shown on the right. 1,000 When we look at the Bollinger Bands, as a measure of market volatility, the picture is quite clear: during the 2003-2006 run, the index 500 continuously traded along the upper band, pushing it higher and higher. - The 2007 and 2008 market correction saw the index dropping to near the Jul-91 Jul-97 Jul-03 Jul-12 Jul-94 Jul-00 Jul-06 Jul-09 Oct-93 Oct-99 Oct-02 Oct-08 Oct-96 Oct-05 Oct-11 Apr-95 Apr-01 Apr-07 Apr-13 Apr-92 Apr-98 Apr-04 Apr-10 Jan-99 Jan-05 Jan-11 Jan-96 Jan-02 Jan-08 lower band, and in December the index actually dropped below the lower Jan-93 band. Up to 2003 all three bands were parallel, but since then we see a widening of the bands, which indicates that the market has become increasingly volatile. However, since the market recovery this year-to- date, we see that the index level now almost equals the moving average, and is now more or less in the middle of both borders.
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