AB Back to Assignment Attempts Average / 3 8. Understanding the major market indexes Understanding How Indexes Report Data 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 SAP 500, and the NYSE Index, where in interpreting these numbers, it is most important to consider how they have changed over a period of time how each stock in the index is performing how they compare to one another x Quotes S&P 500 3,145.47 (+48.73) NYSE Index 13,303.14 (+198.91) True or False Based on the numbers not in parentheses in the previous table, you can tell that Nasdaq 100 stocks were performing roughly two-thirds as well as Nyst Index stocks at the time this data was collected True False Complete the following table by indicating the name of the index being described, as well as the number of stocks each index tracks Assignment: Chapter 11 Investment Planning 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 NYSE Index, where in interpreting these numbers, it is most important to consider Index Quotes DJIA Nasdaq-100 S&P 500 28,680.88 (+363.30) 8,780.27 (+151.39) 3,145.47 (+48.73) NYSE Index 13,303.14 (+198.91) True or False Based on the numbers not in parentheses in the previous table, you can tell that Nasdaq-100 stocks were performing roughly two-thirds as well as NYSE Index stocks at the time this data was collected S&P 500 True Nasdaq OMX O False NYSE Euronext Nasdaq 100 ll as the number of stocks each index tracks. Complete the following table by indicating the name of the index beind DJIA NYSE Index Size stocks Description Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few Nasdag stocks as well The biggest (non-financial) firms traded on Nasdaq All stocks listed on the "big board" All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and Nasdagstocks stocks Over 2,000 stocks stocks