How do you calculate the stock market index and what does it mean by????
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Stock market indices are calculated from the quotes of the stocks of which they are composed. It is therefore a sort of average. If an index rose 1% to 445, then it just means that this average stock price rose one percent.\n\nThe number of stocks included and the exact way the calculation is done, is different from one index to another. \n\nFor instance:  the Dow Jones is composed of 30 stocks, the 30 biggest companies in the US and the value is just the sum of the of the values of the composants, multiplied by a suitable number.\n\nThe SP 500 contains (you guessed it) 500 stocks, weighted by their size, and is therefore more representative for the economy as a whole.\n\nOther indices take also in account the number of stocks in circulation, the amount of stocks exchanged each day, etc.
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Check out the nasdaq website. Look up that company, find out how much one share of stock is selling for. Then find out the number of available shares. Then multiply the two. That's your answer.\n\nThat doesn't mean you could buy the company for that figure, but that will answer your question.
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It's number of shares outstanding X price per share.  You don't use authorized shares.  They have to be issued to be used in the calculation.  Most companies have more shares that are authorized than outstanding.
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the DOW is a weighted index of a basket of tocks of thirty supposedly large, diversified companies.  It's supposed to show the general trend in the market based on the confidence of investors.  Currently, if a Dow stock moves $1 in value, this results in about a 7.5 point move in the Dow.
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Standard & Poor 500\n\nWhat is it?\n\nAn index consisting of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S&P 500 is designed to be a leading indicator of U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large-cap universe.\n\nCompanies included in the index are selected by the S&P Index Committee, a team of analysts and economists at Standard & Poor's. The S&P 500 is a market-value weighted index - each stock's weight in the index is proportionate to its market value.\n \nThe S&P 500 is one of the most commonly used benchmarks for the overall U.S. stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was at one time the most renowned index for U.S. stocks, but because the DJIA contains only 30 companies, most people agree that the S&P 500 is a better representation of the U.S. market. In fact, many consider it to be the definition of the market.\n\nOther popular Standard & Poor's indexes include the S&P 600, an index of small-cap companies with a market capitalization between $300 million and $2 billion, and the S&P 400, an index of mid-cap companies with market capitalizations of $2 billion to $10 billion.\n\nA number of financial products based on the S&P 500 are available to investors. These include index funds and ETFs. However, it would be difficult for individual investors to buy the index, as this would entail buying 500 different stocks.\n\nGoogle recently joined the Standard & Poor 500 index.
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go there : http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=nok
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it stands for Standard and Poors 500.. it's a rating of the top five hundred coorpoarations for investors, it's like a stock market thing. kinda like the NASDAQ or dow jones
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If the stock market index was at 5,000 yesterday and today it is 5,001 - it went up 1 point.   If it goes to 5,010 tomorrow, it has gained 9 points.  You get comparisons from the start of the year, the month, the day and sometimes even the hour.  It gives you an idea of how confidence in the economy or certain stocks and shares is held by the people with money.........
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The alpha and the beta are used to measure the risk of a stock (they are more commony used with mutual funds and money managers).  The beta of a stock measures the volatility of the stock compared to the overall market, sector, or other index.  The beta for the market (S&P 500) = 1.00.  If a stock has a beta of .85, it means that the stock is 15% less volatile than the market.  If the stock has a beta of 1.5, it means that the stock is 50% more volatile than the market.\n\nThe Alpha is used to measure the risk adjusted return of a stock.  In other words, if a stock has a beta of 1.5, it should give you 1 1/2 times the return of the underlying index.  If it doesn't, then why take the extra risk if it is not going to provide you with the same amount of extra return.  Obviously you want to find investments with the most amount of return with the least amount of risk.\n\nFor a more technical explanation, click on this link and then scroll down to Alpha.\n\nhttp://biz.yahoo.com/f/g/g.html
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An index is ...based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks\n\nIt is used as a tool to represent the characteristics of its component stocks, all of which bear some commonality such as trading on the same stock market exchange, belonging to the same industry, or having similar market capitalizations. Many indices compiled by news or financial services firms are used to benchmark the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds
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The simplest way to do it is to go to finance.yahoo.com, enter the ticker for the stock you want, click key statistics, and it will be listed on the right hand side, directly under the advertisement (first item listed under stock price history).\n\nThe more complicated way is to list the average monthly price for the stock with the most recent month on top in an excel spread sheet. List the average monthly price for the SP 500 in the same fashion. Calculate the average return for the previous month for both the stock and the SP 500 by dividing one month by the previous and subtracting one from the result and expressing the answer in percentage form. After you have done that for both the stock you are interested in and the market, tell excel to calculate the covariance between the two sets of data (=cov(individual stock dataset, SP 500 dataset). Then calculate the variance for just the SP 500, (=var(sp 500 dataset). Then divide the covariance by the variance.\n\nBeta tells you how much an individual stocks price (i.e. its return) fluctuates in comparison to a market index, such as the SP 500. A beta higher than "1" and the stock is more risky than the market (i.e. it is more likely to fluctuate out of tandem with the market). Hope this helps
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Use this formula:\n\nWACC = We*Re + Wp*Rp +Wd*Rd*(1-t)\n\nwhere We is the weight of equity (8MM/16MM = 0.5)\nwhere Wp is the weight of preferred (1MM/16MM)\nwhere Wd is the weight of debt (7MM/16MM)\n\nRe is the return on equity\nRp is the return on preferred stock\nRd is the return on debt\n\nt is the tax rate = 0.4
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The Dow Jones industrial average is an average of the value of x amount of 30 representative large cap stocks.\n\nYou can read more about it at investopedia.com\n\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/theoreticaldowjonesindex.asp\n\nIt's frequently quoted in the news as a bellweather for the market as a whole.\n\nHope that helps!
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The Market capitalization of any index is not mentioned in absolute terms. It is indexed. Every percentage gives the weightage the index holds at a given point in time. \n\nIndex effect on ur bottom line = (change in value of the index)/beta.\n\nbeta is the market risk measure of a stock or a group of stocks
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www.crnindia.com\nIt tells of the indian stock market, and trends of other world markets. There are also meanings and definitions at a page called 'technical terms' - http://www.crnindia.com/technicalterm.html . \ngo to the site to know more. i liked the site, went some years back and now daily.
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Stocks are a share in a company.\nThe stock market is where those shares are sold.
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An abbreviation of the Bombay Exchange Sensitive Index (Sensex) - the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It is composed of 30 of the largest and most actively-traded stocks on the BSE. Initially compiled in 1986, the Sensex is the oldest stock index in India.  \n\n   \n The index is calculated based on a free-float capitalization method when weighting the effect of a company on the index. This is a variation of the market cap method, but instead of using a company's outstanding shares it uses its float, or shares that are readily available for trading. The free-float method, therefore, does not include restricted stocks, such as those held by company insiders that can't be readily sold. \n\nTo find the free-float capitalization of a company, first find its market cap (number of outstanding shares x share price) then multiply its free-float factor. The free-float factor is determined by the percentage of floated shares to outstanding. For example, if a company has a float of 10 million shares and outstanding shares of 12 million, the percent of float to outstanding is 83%. A company with an 83% free float falls in the 80-85% free-float factor, or 0.85, which is then multiplied by its market cap (e.g., $120 million (12 million shares  x .$10/share) x 0.85 = $102 million free-float capitalization