Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Objective 2 3.0 Methodology 3 4.0 Graphical Plot For New Index 4 5.0 Performance Analysis 6 5.1 NASDAQ 6 5.2 RUSSELL 7 5.3 S&P 500 8 5.5 NYSE ARCA MINI-OIL INDEX 10 6.0 Conclusion 11 7.0 Reference 12 1.0 Introduction People on Wall Street found it difficult to analyze the daily jumble of up-a-quarter and down-an-eight‚ or whether stocks generally were raising‚ falling or staying even. Charles Dow a journalist devised his stock
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Available online xxxx JEL classification: G11 G15 G23 Keywords: Index performance Islamic finance Risk-adjusted performance a b s t r a c t This paper provides empirical evidence on risk-adjusted performance comparisons of share indices from Islamic and conventional markets. To ensure valid comparisons‚ the selected Islamic indices are matched with conventional indices. The Treasury-bill rate and the MSCI All-World index are used as risk-free rate and world benchmark‚ respectively. Monthly
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Market Index. Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Value: Dimensional Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Value Index. Developed Growth: MSCI EAFE Growth Index (net dividends). Developed Large Cap: MSCI EAFE Index (net dividends). Developed Market: MSCI EAFE Index (net dividends). Developed Small Cap: Dimensional International Small Cap Index. Developed Value: MSCI EAFE Value Index (net dividends). Emerging Growth: Fama/French Emerging Markets Growth Index. Emerging Large Cap: Fama/French Emerging Markets Index . Emerging
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In 1983‚ Hong Kong implemented Fixed-linkage System to US currency because of the reason that Hong Kong currency was very unstable. This Fixed-linkage System is a fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange
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CHAPTER 7 SECURITY-MARKET INDICATOR SERIES Uses of Security Market Indexes Benchmark to Judge Performance of Individual Portfolios Develop an Index Portfolio Examine Factors That Influence the Stock Market Technical Analysis of the Market Derivation of Systematic Risk for Securities Differentiating Factors in Constructing Market Indexes The Sample: Size‚ Breadth‚ and Source Weighting of Sample Members: price-weighted‚ value-weighted‚ unweighted Computational
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What Colour is My Air? Can Air Be coloured? What makes our air coloured? Instruction: In this activity‚ you will conduct a primary investigation about air quality by investigating the pollutant level. Procedurewe 1. Study the Air Quality Index and the information in the pages be
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in a recovery stage of the business cycle. All the index calculations suggest this. The GDP and CPI indexes have increased over the last year and few months but unemployment index has remained unchanged over the last few months. The economy has stabilized and there is slow growth. GDP index shows a .4 percent increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 and a 1.8 percent increase in the first quarter of 2013. This increase suggests recovery. CPI index shows has increase 1.7 percent for all of 2012 and
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stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks‚ to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds. Types of indices Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A ’world ’ or ’global ’ stock market index includes (typically large) companies without regard for where they are domiciled or traded. Two examples are MSCI World and S&P Global 100. A national index represents
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have attempted to analyse the interest rate exposure of both financial as well as non-financial corporations simultaneously. This paper uses a three factor regression model‚ whereby we regress the returns on any chosen S&P 500 index on the returns on the S&P 500 composite index‚ changes in the domestic interest rates and changes in the global interest rates. In addition we have also explored the possibility that interest rate movements and stock returns could be related in a complex manner or are nonlinear
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developing this Market Potential index. According to Global Edge‚ these indicators are market size‚ market intensity‚ growth rate‚ consumption capacity‚ commercial infrastructure‚ receptivity‚ economic freedom and country risk (Market Potential Index‚ 2014). Measures used to calculate market size is urban population and electricity consumption. GNI per capita and private consumption as a percentage of GDP were the measures used to calculate market intensity (Market Potential Index‚ 2014). Market growth rate
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