For example, expect the cost of a new roof with tile to be more than wood shingles. However, heavier and longer-lasting shingles of a low cost material can cost as much or more than the low-end of a more expensive roofing material, such as tile.he cost of a new roof with asphalt is among the lowest of any popular material and they carry a moderate lifespan. Advantages: 1  Average 20+ year lifespan. 2  Low cost.
Characteristics of Security Indexes. 1. A price weighted series is the average of the stocks' prices in the series. It is calculated by adding together each stock price and dividing the total by the number of stocks in the series.
Index Investing: What Is An Index? An index is a statistical measure of the changes in a portfolio of stocks representing a portion of the overall market. It would be too difficult to track every single security trading in the country. To get around this, we take a smaller sample of the market that is representative of the whole.