The securities market is tracked by a wide variety of indexes, each of which focuses on...

 

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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. Each of these numbers is used to capture the performance of on a given day. Index Quotes DJIA NASDAQ-100 S&P 500 NYSE Index 10,813.23 (+122.47) 2,698.71 (+30.62) 1,322.37 (+18.37) 8,055.86 (+79.61) 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 number of stocks tracked by each index, as well as the composition of the stocks it tracks. Index Size Composition NYSE Index Over 2,000 stocks S&P 500 |stocks NASDAQ-100 stocks DJIA stocks 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. Each of these numbers is used to capture the performance of on a given day. Index Quotes DJIA NASDAQ-100 S&P 500 NYSE Index 10,813.23 (+122.47) 2,698.71 (+30.62) 1,322.37 (+18.37) 8,055.86 (+79.61) 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 number of stocks tracked by each index, as well as the composition of the stocks it tracks. Index Size Composition NYSE Index Over 2,000 stocks S&P 500 |stocks NASDAQ-100 stocks DJIA stocks