ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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ISBN: 9780190931919
Author: NEWNAN
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The securities market is tracked by a wide variety of indexes, each of which focuses on a different group of stocks.
The following table lists stock quotes from four of the most widely cited indexes: the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, and the AMEX. In interpreting these numbers, it is most important to consider    .
 
Index Quotes
DJIA
NASDAQ-100
S&P 500
NYSE Index
10,856.41 (+135.25) 2,709.49 (+33.81) 1,327.65 (+20.29) 8,088.03 (+87.91)
 
True or False: Based on the numbers not in parentheses in the previous table, you can tell that NYSE Index stocks were performing roughly three-fourths as well as DJIA stocks at the time this data was collected.
True
 
False
 
 
Complete the table by indicating the name of the index being described, as well as the number of stocks each index tracks.
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Size
Index
Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few NASDAQ stocks as well
 
 stocks
    
The biggest (non-financial) firms traded on NASDAQ
 
 stocks
    
All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and NASDAQ stocks
 
 stocks
    
All stocks listed on the “big board” Over 2,000 stocks     
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