MCS 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nyse Composite, Stock Split, Nasdaq Composite
11 Apr 2018
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Common stocks: two concerns many beginning investors face, don"t know where to get the information to evaluate potential investments, worry they won"t understand the information when they find it. Index: a statistical measure of the changes in a portfolio of stocks representing a portion of the overall market. S&p/tsx composite index: made up of approximately 71 percent of market capitalization for canadian based companies listed by the. Its size and broad economic sector coverage has made it the premier indicator of activity for equity markets in canada since its launch in 1977: the constituents of this index are updated quarterly. Dow jones industrial average: djia (aka dow) is the best known and most widely reported indicator of the stock market"s performance. It tracks the price changes of 30 significant industrial stocks traded on the new york stock. Nyse composite index: an index that covers price movements of all stocks listed on the new york stock exchange.
