The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending June 16, 2023, closed at 2,897.05 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 3.73% (or 104.09 basis points). Twenty three of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.33% (AbbVie) to 14.21% (Oracle). Two of the 25 RDWI members lost…
Global economy growing faster than predicted six months ago, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending June 9, 2023, closed at 2,792.96 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 0.20% (or 5.71 basis points). Eighteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.01% (Apple) to 10.90% (Ford Motor Co.). Seven of the 25 RDWI members…
Fed may pause interest rate increases, temporarily, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending June 2, 2023, closed at 2,787.25 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 2.13% (or 58.24 basis points). Twenty-two of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.10% (Astra Zeneca PLC) to 4.23% (Toyota). Three of the 25 RDWI members…
Made in China EVs increasing, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending May 26, 2023, closed at 2,729.01 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.32% (or -8.79 basis points). Thirteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.60% (Roche Holdings AG) to 6.68% (Facebook/Meta Platforms). Twelve of the 25 RDWI…
Researchers asking for AI regulations, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending May 19, 2023, closed at 2,737.80 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.45% (or 39.25 basis points). Sixteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.08% (Astra Zeneca PLC) to 5.18% (Cisco). Nine of the 25 RDWI members…
Toyota accelerating EV plans, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending May 12, 2023, closed at 2,698.55 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 0.62% (or 16.69 basis points). Ten of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.10% (Roche Holdings) to 14.15% (Volkswagen AG). Fifteen of the 25 RDWI members…
COVID-19 is mostly done, says WHO, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending May 5, 2023, closed at 2,681.86 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.12% (or 29.60 basis points). Fourteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.15% (Toyota) to 8.07% (Eli Lilly & Co.). Eleven of the 25 RDWI…
AI tools facing new regs, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 28, 2023, closed at 2,652.26 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.79% (or 46.73 basis points). Fifteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.09% (Merck & Co.) to 12.88% (Meta Platforms). Ten of the 25 RDWI…
Multiple global R&D centers are opening, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 21, 2023, closed at 2,605.53 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.70% (or 18.44 basis points). Eight of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.05% (Merck & Co.) to 2.80% (Eli Lilly & Co.). Seventeen of the…
AI is finding its way into numerous applications, in today’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 7, 2023, closed at 2,622.95 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 2.50% (or 63.95 basis points). Sixteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.43% (Intel) to 7.24% (Eli Lilly & Co.). Nine of the 25 RDWI…
EV supply and demand creating chaos, in today’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 31, 2023, closed at 2,559.00 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 3.48% (or 85.96 basis points). Twenty-four of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.14% (Roche Holdings) to 17.58% (Alibaba). Only one of the 25 RDWI members…
New competitive AI tools launched, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 24, 2023, closed at 2,473.04 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 2.34% (or 56.60 basis points). Twenty-three of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.18% (Johnson & Johnson) to 10.20% (Sanofi SA). Two of the 25 RDWI…
More AI apps and faster chatbots, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 17, 2023, closed at 2,416.44 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 3.19% (or 74.74 basis points). Fifteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.52% (Johnson & Johnson) to 12.58% (Alphabet/Google). Ten of the 25 RDWI members…
China creating data evaluation agency, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 10, 2023, closed at 2,341.70 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.78% (or -66.87 basis points). Two of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.77% (Merck & Co.) to 3.11% (Intel). Twenty-three of the 25 RDWI members…
Battery materials becoming more available, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 3, 2023, closed at 2,408.57 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.46% (or 34.76 basis points) from the week ending February 24, 2023. Sixteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.13% (Sanofi SA) to…
AI tools take off, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending February 24, 2023, closed at 2,373.81 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -4.47% (or -70.18 basis points) from the week ending February 17, 2023. Six of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.06% (Sanofi SA) to…
Organizations shifting their R&D plans, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending February 17, 2023, closed at 2,443.99 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.88% (or -21.74 basis points) from the week ending February 10, 2023. Thirteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.02% (Alphabet/Google) to 7.43%…
EV and AI products proliferating, in today’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending February 10, 2023, closed at 2,465.73 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.49% (or -12.10 basis points) from the week ending February 3, 2023. Ten of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.43% (Stellantis NV) to…
Job cuts continuing in weaker economies, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending February 3, 2023, closed at 2,477.83 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.53% (or 37.32 basis points) from the week ending January 27, 2023. Fifteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.04% (Honda) to 22.93%…
Waves of job cuts follow slowing economy, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending January 27, 2023, closed at 2,440.51 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 0.27% (or 6.50 basis points) from the week ending January 20, 2023. Twelve of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.04% (Volkswagen AG) to…
Global slowdown seen in high-tech responses, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending January 20, 2023, closed at 2,434.01 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.80% (or -19.53 basis points) from the week ending January 13, 2023. Seven of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.41% (Microsoft) to 6.41%…
New R&D building on existing systems, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending December 16, 2022, closed at 2,390.26 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -1.45% (or 35.17 basis points) from the week ending December 9, 2022. Three of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.39% (Merck & Co.)…
Economic outlook for 2023 is mostly weak, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending December 9, 2022, closed at 2,425.43 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.63% (or 65.57 basis points) from the week ending December 2, 2022. Four of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 1.07% (Novartis) to 1.59%…
Economies are cooling, but slowly, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending December 2, 2022, closed at 2,491.00 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 2.57% (or 62.43 basis points) from the week ending November 25, 2022. Nineteen of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.05% (Roche Holdings) to…
Staffing changes from wild and wacky places, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending November 25, 2022, closed at 2,428.57 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.16% (or 27.79 basis points) from the week ending November 18, 2022. Twenty of the 25 RDWI members gained value during the past week from 0.03% (Alphabet/Google) to 3.75%…