memorize indexes?

[ponyBiz]

There were a couple of questions on the mock test, which tested our knowledge of specific indexes and their indexing method... didnt realize we had to memorize stuff like that.

 

[daj224]

mkt cap for sp500, price weighted for DJIA.

DJIA revised when companys do splits, gets u new divisor.

what else you see?

 

[ponyBiz]

value line -> unweighted with geometric mean..

 

[daj224]

ponyBiz Wrote:
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> value line -> unweighted with geometric mean..


oh ya, uhhh, i forgot dat 1

thanks

 

[njblain]

Price weighted: DJIA, Nikkei DJ

Equal weighted: FT Ords, Value Line composite

Value weighted: everything else they are ever likely to throw at you.

 

[yancey]

what about the new york stock exchange, is the

market weighted?

value weighted?

price weighted?

unweighted?

 

[willispierre]

The NYSE is an exchange, not an index.

 

[Howd]

There is a NYSE composite

Market Cap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYSE_Composite



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, June 6, 2008 at 09:35AM by Howd.