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bolsa de valores dentro del MERCADO ELECTRONICO “DOW JONES “NASDAQ”"
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The Dow Jones and the S&P500 are at their record highs, how far will they go until the ultimate peak will have been reached?
I read where it had doubled just in the last 5 years.
In 2002 it was as low as 7,000. Now it's reached 14,000 !!!
What an incredible turnaround from the recession that came from the dot com bubble of the 90's that burst in 2000.
All I can say is that the economists are always right: lower taxes always increase revenue and boost the economy. It always works.
While the economy is at it's best in our history, the deficit has been halved in just a few years.
Enjoy it while you can. I know I am !!!
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The Dow Jones represents less than 25% of all stocks traded. It only takes a few stocks to perform well to raise the entire index dramatically. Is the S&P a better barometer or the New York Stock Exchange?
The Dow will have more volatility since it is only comprised of 30 stocks. Typically, the S&P 500 is viewed as a better measure of large cap performance, as it is comprised of the largest 500 public companies. If you want a measure for companies of all sizes, I would recommend the Russell 3000 or the Wilshire 5000.
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Technical analysis video review of the stock market and individual stocks for Thursday May 24, 2007 including; Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares (NASDAQ:QQQQ), S&P 500 Index (AMEX:SPY), Semiconductor HOLDRs (AMEX:SMH), iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (Public, NYSE:IWM), Actuate Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:ACTU), Finisar Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:FNSR), TASER International, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:TASR. Trend analysis for daytraders and swingtraders of stocks and options. Trading stocks involves risk; this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.
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For example we read every day in financial newspapers that Dow Jones is 8750 points,what does that mean and how is this number calculted,how can we compare different stockmarkets by using that number,is it possible,are they comparable?
Thanks
There are two ways of computing an index. Some indexes are equal-weighted (each company is given an equal weight), others, capitalization-weighted.
To compute an equal-weighted index, you only need to know stock prices. Let's say we decided to compute an index of 10 stocks. We can do it by putting together a fantasy portfolio consisting of $10,000 invested in each of 10 stocks. So on the first day of index computation (or, as index compilers say, on the base date), the value of our portfolio is $100,000. For convenience, we can drop the thousands and say that our index on its base date has a base value of 100.
Next day, the value of our fantasy portfolio dropped to $98,600, so we report the index value of 98.60. The day after next, it rose to $101,250, so we report the index value of 101.25.
Capitalization-weighted indexes work in a similar way, but instead of prices, market capitalizations are used. Say, today is the base date, and the total market capitalization of companies in our index is $100 billion. We'll take it as a base value and report it as 100. Next day, the value rises to $102 billion, so we report the index as 102.
In practice, the numbers are not round, of course…
As to comparing different indexes, comparing raw indexes is meaningless. You can, however, make informative comparisons of index returns and volatilities.
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