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Our sentiment indicator provides you with a 12-month outlook from a selection of fund managers available through Skandia. We provide the fund managers with an indexIndex In the stock market, an index is a device that measures changes in the prices of a basket of shares, and represents the changes using a single figure. The purpose is to give investors an easy way to see the general direction of shares in the index. Examples of stock market indices are the FTSE 100, FTSE All-Share, Nikkei and Dow Jones. as a benchmarkBenchmarkAn index or other market measurement which is used by a fund manager as a yardstick to assess the risk and performance of a portfolio. for each sector and ask them how they think the index will perform over the following 12 months.
The indicator is exactly that – an indication of sentiment from a collection of leading investment houses. Remember that no-one can predict the future direction of stock markets and there are a number of factors to take into account when deciding on an appropriate asset allocation for your investments.