Stock Price Charts

What is the difference between option on stock index and option on a stock index future? I understand what an option is. But what is the difference between option on the stock index and option on the stock index futures?

When is the best time to get the stock index? I need to do a daily stock-watch report at 4pm Bangkok time, but the indices change so often. My boss told me to get the index at the closest closing time. Do you have any information on these indices? Nikkei 225. Topix. Hang Seng. CSI 300 Taiex. S&P/ASX 200 MSCI Asia Paciffic Dow Johns. NASDAQ.

Which stock index reflects the insurance industry of China? 1. Which insurance companies in China constitute the insurance industry of China ? 2. Which stock index reflects the insurance industry of China ? 3. Which stock index reflects the sector including concerns of varied investment of venture capital funds of China ?

How to add Stock Index to website? I would like to know , how can we add stock index to our website. Some may call it a stock ticker.

Can the ETF or stock Index be used as a leading indicator for intraday stock trading? I was told that S&P futures can be used as leading indicators when day trading stocks. However, I do not have access to Futures through my broker. As an alternative, can I use the Spy (ETF) or the SPX (S&P Index) as a leading indicator when day trading stocks?

Is there a correlation between democratic or republican governments and the stock index? The ups and downs of stock indexes are usually seen as indicators of business climate. It is also thought that republican governments tend to be more pro-business than democratic ones. So it could be expected that stock indexes perform better in republican presidential terms than in democratic ones. But of course, many other factors could offset this influence. So the question may be rephrased as: Is there empirical evidence of a correlation between the performance of the stock markets and the party in power?

What is going on with the stock market!!!? All 3 of my index funds are sinking like crazy...? I own vnaguard total international stock index, total stock index, & gaaex (alternative energy companies)---- ALL are sinking EVERY day for the past few days--- Im losing 1000s... is it time to pull out or wait it out? I am willing to leave this money alone for 5-10 years --- but all these sharp declines across the board are making me jittery

Why japans stock index nikkie falling since 1990 contineously? If compared with other world stock indices like dow jones, hang seng it is found that nikkie is falling every year. it came down from 38000 to 16000. I cant understand why this happened.

What is the type Dow Jones World Stock Index? I know the DJIA is price weighted index, but is the Dow Jones World Stock Index price wieghted or market value Weighted?

Where to find articles on "hedging with foreign currency denominated stock index"? The foreign currency denominated stock index futures that I am referring may include US dollar dnominated MSCI Taiwan stock index, US dollar denominated Nikkei 225 index, US dollar denominated Nikkei 300 index. Where can I find any research that have covered these stock index?

why japans stock index nikkie falling since 1990 contineously? If compared with other world stock indices like dow jones, hang seng it is found that nikkie is falling every year. it came down from 38000 to 16000. I cant understand why this happened.

How do you calculate the stock market index and what does it mean by???? I am really confused. What does it mean by the stock market index rose to 444.90 or something like that. I want something in details please.

How to use turbotax to report stock index option trading? For index option trading, there is a 60/40 rule. 60 percent of the profit is considered long term capital gain. 40 percent is considered short term capital gain. Does anyone how to report this in turbox so that turbotax knows the 60 percent part is for long term capital gain? Thanks. Thanks. BTW, I use turbotax online. How do I manually override with "long term capital gain"?

how to hedge a portfolio exactly replicating a stock index, ensuring same value in 6 mths, w/o options & CFDs? how do i hedge a portfolio fund which exactly replicates a certain stock index? I want to ensure that the portfolio value will be the same 6 months later. There are no exchange-traded options and no CFDs available on this stock index. Help is much appreciated.

How do I get started investing in stock index funds without paying those high initial investment minimums? Fidelity's minimum for an IRA is $2500. I'd like to invest in three index funds. I have $4500 to invest. Can I invest 2500 in the first fund, then withdraw 1500 leaving 1000 in, invest 2500 in the second,then withdraw 1500, so this leaves me with 2500 in hand to invest in the third. Then even everything out so I have equal amounts in each. Please help I'd like to get started soon but can this work. Thanks in advance for your answers

Where do i find the closing index prices of major stock markets .. Say for the past 10 - 15 years? Could someone be kind enough to tell me as to where i can find the closing index prices of major stock indexes worldwide. I am doing a research program. Thanks

what can we hedge with stock index future? i would to do a research on stock index future and would like to have some opinions from people who are familiar with the stock index future and could tell me what risk and financial instrument that we can hedge using stock index futures.

Does a stock price index reflect the actual value of a market index based portfolio? If I were to buy a portfolio of stocks of, say, $ 10,000, with the same composition and in the same proportions as the S&P500 and, after one year that index had a variation of, say, +15%, would my portfolio be worth exactly $11,500? If not, why?

What is the yahoo symbol for the Thai stock index on YAHOO? ...I have tracked the stock exchange thailand for years with ^seti ...But this symbol no longer works. What has it change to?

how weight of each stock in index is calculated? how weight of each stock in index is calculated? if i am to calculate weight of each stock in portfolio, how should i do it? please do let me know as soon as possible?

What exactly is a stock index? I have read the definition numerous times, but I need some clarity on what exactly a stock index is and how investors use index's to compare to their portfolio performance. Also how do people compare an index performance to a mutual fund? Thank you

what can I research on the topic of "hedging with stock with index future"? Can anyone help me? what are the stock index future? Would It be hard to reaserch on this topic? Would there be available information on stock index future?

How does the stock market indexes work? How do you compute for the stock index?

How stock index futures can be used for hedging? can sum1 plz help me with this question as it is a part of my assignment. thank you in advance.

Better to invest in Vanguard 500 Stock Index Fund or Total Stock Market Index Fund? I am a young investor interested in investing in a roth IRA and am interested in the Vanguard family. Currently my IRA is with a bank with a very low interest rate. I have researching different funds and like Vanguards no load index funds. Which is better to invest in?? 1. Vanguard 500 Stock Index Fund 2. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

how do you compare the closing price of a company to the closing price of a stock index? i have the numbers but how do i explain if the company has outperformed or underperformed the index?

what is a good stock market index? I would like to know what makes a good stock market index and the factors affecting the structure of the index?

What is the best stock index to invest in? still learing about stock markets but was wondering what stock market I would be most likely to make a long term profit from investing in. My friend said Nasdaq...any ideas??

How does the stock index affects the behaviour of individual stocks?

How to buy shanghai stock exchange index? Which mutual fund or stocks can I buy in Canada that will track Shanghai composite index ?

How do I invest into a stock index? Or, what is the most economical way? Thru E*Trade, etc?

What is the relationship between stocks and stock index futures?

When a stock index is falling down? for example,NASDAQ index is falling down,what does this mean in the whole economy of USA and the economy of the world.and any other significance?

What time do US stock index futures open? Does it work (rises/falls) 24hours or it closes as the NewYork Market Closes?

What are the differences between stock and stock index; differences in their behaviour?

How do I find stocks that track the downside of an stock index,etf,or stock?

Where can i get the list of major stock index used by all countries worldwide? How do investors and analysts make use of these indexes?

is there any software to create your own stock index? If so, please list some and where to find it. Thank you!

Since stock index funds buy the same stocks as the index, won't their prices become artificially inflated? My understanding of the DOW or S&P500 index funds is that if GE represents say 1% of the S&P500, it will represent 1% of the value of the S&P500 index funds. Since many people invest in these index funds to represent the market, won't any company in the index be artificially inflated in price due to heightened demand? Another way to ask this is: Do companies that join an index experience a bump in share price & do companies that leave experience a drop within a short amount of time? Thanks!

Stock Index Long Term Chart web sites? I`m trying to find a good web site that give long term historical charts of the major world stock indexes over the last 25 years at least. Trying to put the current melt down into some perspective I guess. Its surprisingly hard to find a site that does this. Most just give short term charting details for individual stocks. I want to look at the Dow Jones, SnP, All Ords, Footsie etc as a whole.

Does anyone know what the margin is required on stock index futures funds? for example on £2,000,000 what will the intianal margin be need? If you know any useful websites on futures funds would be extrememly helpful!

how do i start a stock index, like the DJI or the NASDAQ? details, please.

where will I get a good site that predicts accurate daily stock index?

How a NRI can buy Index fund of Indian Stock Market from outside India? I am living in Dubai and want to buy Index fund of Indian stock market from here. Can anybody please guide me for this?

How would you say how the International Stock Index is doing?

How can I invest in a Turkish Stock market index fund.? I've been looking at the ISE National Index, and I would like to invest in a Mutual Fund that follows it closely. Preferably an Index fund if one exists. I'd like one through a reputable American company if possible.

When looking at a stock index what does each % actually stand for? How much do they affect your bottom line?

what is the most primary (decisive) european stock index? As observing Taiwan stocks being fluctuated with european stocks, which european stock index I should watch everday ?

Is there an Index of the stock market that you can buy/sell options for? If the stock market is going up and I wanted to use options for the broad market, is there and index or fund that I could do that with?

What does 1pt in the stock market index represent? For example, the Dow Jones is at around 13000, Hang Seng is at 27000. What does it represent?

Fastest / most frequently updated / accurate stock market index ? What is the fastest stock market index that is accurate down to a fraction of a second and has tons of companies to look at on it Certainly not the newspaper right?

Where can I monitor the MSCI Europe index? I would like to know more about this stock index.? I watch the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and I would like to be able to watch this index too. Please tell me thier website or something!

stock index futures and index options? What's the difference between a stock index future and an index option? If I purchase the right to buy an S & P 500 future at $300 per share and the index goes up to $450 per share by the date of expiration of the futures contract, I make a loss of $150. How would it look like and how would the process work if I went for an index option in the above case? In addition, do I make the whole payment right when purchasing the right to buy / sell in futures contracts as well as options?

What does benchmark index in stock market means? How does the company calculate benchmark index and how do you measure it with your own funds?

Fidelity free stock index data feed? Hi all, I was wondering if anybody knows how to retrieve the free fidelity stock index real-time data feed. Quotetracker offers the real-time index data provided by fidelity, but I am trying to retrieve the data directly and promptly. Many thanks.

Stock index values in relation to inflation? I read somewhere recently that there has been a posited "stock crash" since 2000. The premise of the writer was that because some stock indexes - I think the Dow Jones was used - are below their peaks, they have actually crashed in reality, because of the effect of inflation. So, while the media gets excited that an index is near "record highs", it may be that it is in fact 10-15% down since 2000, as this is the amount of inflation in this period. This sounds sensible to me, but... is it correct? What I am not clear in is the composition and calculation of the indexes. Is there something inherent in them that adjusts for or in other way reduces the effect of inflation? So... if an index is at 10,000 right now and we have 10% inflation in the next year, would the index need to be at 11,000 to actually remain at par? Thanks!

which index does yahoo finance and google finance use to calculate a stock price's beta? I know what beta is see here - http://www.investorguide.com/igu-article-823-stock-basics-measuring-a-stocks-risk.html What I want to know is why: Google Finance calculates YHOO Beta as 1.74 while Yahoo finance calculates YHOO Beta as as .44 How do I find out the R-square and which stock index these portals are using to calculate beta, i.e. SP500? etc. etc. Thanks guys! so i guess to phrase the question differently....how do i calculate the Beta for my own personal portfolio . . .?

What does it mean when stock index falls 200 points?

Is it a good idea to invest in mutual funds, specifically total stock market index funds? with all the talk on the news about a possible recession i dont know if its a good idea to invest in mutual funds.

Where can I find the latest analysis on intra-day stock index fluctutatoin?

what is stock index composite? basically what is stock index composite anyway. what do people look for from this index composite?

What stocks are included in the Mexican Bolsa IPC stock index?

Better to invest in Vanguard 500 or Total Stock index fund? I am a young investor needing to put money into an IRA and have to choose something within the Vanguard family. Fees are similarly inconsequential at 0.18 or 0.19 %, resp. Shares of 500 fund are $135 compared to $40 for TSI.

What does a single point in a stock-market index mean (e.g. Dow Jones)? What does it mean when you hear that a stock-market index, such as the Dow Jones for example, rises or falls? What does a single point on such an index represent?

free graphing tool for showing NSE/BSE stock index ? Hi All, Is there any shareware tool which draws graphs of various types(line, bar, pie) based on my preferences. I like to have a tool which would show National stock Market closing indices such like, graph would be drawn based on indices increase/decrease on a daily basis. Furthermore the tool which can be used to show graphs of what stocks I had invested of their increase or decrease. Please advise.

What do you think would happen to a broad-based stock price index such as the S&P 500 under each situation? • The Federal Reserve Bank announces an interest-rate cut • The federal government announces a capital gains tax increase • Stringent new regulations on the coupling of computer software and sales of new computers are announced • Oil prices skyrocket Say what will happen and explain why

Assume that an investor sells an S&P 500 stock-index futures contract at 975 and buys this contract after a fe A. -$5000 B. -$1000 C. -$2500 D. -$10 Please help! Complete Question: Assume that an investor sells an S&P 500 stock-index futures contract at 975 and buys this contract after a few weeks for 985. The dollar return on this transaction will amount to which of the above? Please help!

What is the purpose of a stock index?

How is the stock index determined? I mean what does it mean when the finance report says that the NASDQ is down 12 points.

how is a stock market index determined? For example, S&P 500 (i know that it has 500 big companies), KSE-100 Index (Karachi Stock Exchange) And what do we mean by "points" by which the market goes down or up?

I'd like to compare various international stock index funds. Is there a website or service that lists and? compares all that are available in the US? (Compares performance, fees, etc.)