This invention relates to metallocene compounds represented by formula: ##STR00001## wherein M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom; E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand that is bonded to Y through the two position of the indenyl ring; A is bonded to Y, and is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroindenyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted heterofluorenyl ligand, or other mono-anionic ligand, or A may, independently, be defined as E; Y is a phosphorus containing group that is bonded to both E and A, and is bonded via the phosphorus atom to E; and X are, independently, univalent anionic ligands, or both X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or both X join to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.