The Best and Worst Performing Market Indices in Half Year 2008
The best performing market index in the first six months of 2008 was the IGBVL index of Lima Stock Exchange in Peru. This index grew by 85.3% in local currency. The second and third posts went to...
View ArticleDow Jones U.S. Economic Stimulus Index: Top 10 Components
The “Dow Jones U.S. Economic Stimulus Index” was first published in May this year to track the performance of the 50 largest U.S. companies that are expected to benefit from the American Recovery and...
View ArticleTen Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Sector Stocks
The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans 30 Index represents “30 of the largest emerging-market companies in the Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining Sectors.Stocks are selected...
View Article10 Leading Swiss Companies
The Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 Index tracks the performance of 30 leading stocks in traded in Switzerland. The stocks in this index are selected based on float-adjusted market capitalization and...
View ArticleCorrelation Between South African and Australian Equity Markets
Global diversification is an integral strategy of a well-built portfolio.It is even more important to make sure that diversification is done right. Australia is classified as a developed economy and...
View ArticleIs the U.S. Stock Market Undervalued?
According to David Rosenberg of money manager Gluskin Sheff the U.S. stocks market is overvalued by 35% based on Shiller P/E ratios. The S&P 500 is up 9% YTD and most stocks have recovered strongly...
View ArticleTop 10 Components of the S&P Global Agribusiness Index
The S&P Global Agribusiness Index is composed of 24 of the largest publicly-traded global agribusiness companies. The companies in this index include a diversified mix of Producers, Distributors...
View ArticleTen Components of the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index
The S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index consists of Canadian energy sector stocks that are listed on the TSX. The iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy ETF (XEG.TO) tracks the performance of this index. The...
View ArticleHistorical Components of Dow Jones Industrial Average Since 1896
In this chart post, lets take a look at the evolution of Dow Jones Industrial Averages over the years. The composition of the index has mirrored the changes in the U.S. economy. As the U.S. economy...
View ArticleMSCI Index 10-Year Performance: U.S. vs. Select Developed, Emerging Markets
In a post titled “The Magic of Buy & Hold vs Trend” fellow blogger Barry Ritholtz noted the following interesting fact yesterday: “On December 31, 1998, the last trading day of the year, the SPX...
View ArticleComposition of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index
The chart below shows the weightings of different emerging markets in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in 2000, 2005 and 2010 (as of the end of October): Source: FT BeyondBRICs blog Mexico and Taiwan...
View Article12 Components of the STOXX Global Grand Prix Index
The Formula One is the world’s most prestigious race car championship in the world. Wikipedia notes the following about Formula One: Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to...
View ArticleComponents of FTSE Multinationals Index
The FTSE Multinationals Index is comprised of companies which derive more than 30% of their revenue outside their region. The majority of the top 100 companies in this index are from the developed...
View ArticleComponents of the S&P Emerging Asia 40 Index
Last month S&P launched a new index called the S&P Emerging Asia 40 Index to provide exposure to the 40 largest and most liquid securities from the emerging markets of China, India, Indonesia,...
View ArticleDownload: STOXX Select Dividend Indices
The STOXX Select Dividend family of indices offers investors an ideal way to track high-dividend-paying companies in many regions including Europe, Enlarged Europe, Nordic, Americas, Global and...
View ArticleReview: Components of the STOXX Europe Maximum Dividend 40 Index
STOXX, the leading European index provider, launched a new index called “The STOXX Europe Maximum Dividend 40 Index“. Derived from the STOXX Europe 600 index, this index is a blue-chip index comprising...
View ArticleReview: Constituents of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index 2012
Standard & Poor’s publishes the widely followed S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. This index ” measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P 500 that have...
View ArticleGhana Stock Exchange (GSE) Index Returns by Year 1990 To 2011
The chart below shows the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) index returns by from year 1990 to 2011: Click to enlarge The index values by year are noted in the table below: Year GSE Return Date Index Value...
View ArticleThree Differences Between MSCI and FTSE Indices
Index providers MSCI and FTSE have launched many indices over the years. Hundreds of ETF providers and other companies use these indices to benchmark the performance of their products. Some use the...
View ArticleA Comparison of S&P 500 and S&P/TSX Composite Indices
The S&P 500 Index is the best representation of large cap U.S. companies. The index was first published in 1957 and the components in the index capture 75% coverage of all U.S. stocks. The S&P...
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