In economics Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία from οἶκος (oikos, "house") + νόμος (nomos, "custom" or "law"), hence "rules of the house(hold)". Current economic and finance Finance is the science of funds management. The general areas of finance are business finance, personal finance, and public finance. Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. The field of finance deals with the concepts of time, money, and risk and how they are interrelated. It also deals with how money is spent and budgeted, an index is a single number calculated from a set of prices or of quantities[citation needed]. Examples include the price index A price index is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of prices for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time. It is a statistic designed to help to compare how these prices, taken as a whole, differ between time periods or geographical locations, quantity indexes (such as real GDP), market performance indexes (such as a labour market index The BA has developed a new job barometer that will be published on a monthly basis with immediate effect. The job index of the BA, abbreviated to BA-X, illustrates the development of the demand for manpower on the so-called primary labour market / job Index The BA has developed a new job barometer that will be published on a monthly basis with immediate effect. The job index of the BA, abbreviated to BA-X, illustrates the development of the demand for manpower on the so-called primary labour market and stock market indexes A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks, to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds). Values of the index in successive periods (days, years, etc.) summarize level of the activity over time or across economic units (regions, countries, etc.)[citation needed].
In financial markets, an index is a customized basket of securities that tracks a particular market or segment. Each index has its own calculation methodology and its own specific process in order to select particular securities. Some companies (S&P, Dow Jones, SG Index, STOXX) have created a lot of indices to replicate different markets or selected industries. S&P is one of the most known index provider with the S&P 500. It offers a wide range of indices like the S&P Asian Index which measures the equity market of a basket of Asian countries (India, Economy of the People's Republic of China The economy of the People's Republic of China is the third largest in the world, after the United States and Japan with a nominal GDP of US$4.91 trillion when measured in exchange-rate terms. It is the second largest in the world after that of the U.S. with a GDP of $8.77 trillion when measured on a purchasing power parity basis. China is the, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore). Dow Jones Indexes provide a range of indices like the world oldest, and very famous, Dow Jones Industrial Average. It provides also an index which measures the stock performances of 50 leading multinational companies. SG Index, established in 2007, is a new provider of indices who provides data used by a number of financial products. One of the most famous index is the SGI Wise Index, that provides an exposure to European equities.
The Operating Index is a tool to measure a company's performance on a financial metric and compare it with the median or average performance of that metric in a Peer universe over a period of time.
Consumer price indexes A consumer price index is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. A consumer price index measures a price change for a constant market basket of goods and services from one period to the next within the same area (city, region, or nation). It is a price index determined by measuring the price can be used, among other things to adjust salaries, bonds interest rates, and tax thresholds for inflation.
Some investment funds (index funds An index fund or index tracker is a collective investment scheme that aims to replicate the movements of an index of a specific financial market, or a set of rules of ownership that are held constant, regardless of market conditions) manage their portfolio so that their performance mirrors (tracking) the performance of a stock market index or a sector of the stock market[citation needed].
Indexes
- S&P 500 The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 of the prices of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock market companies; the NYSE Euronext and the
- S&P 400 The S&P 400 Index, but more commonly known as the S&P 400 MidCap Index, is a stock market index from Standard & Poor's
- S&P 600 The S&P 600 Index, but more commonly known as the S&P 600 SmallCap Index, is a stock market index from Standard & Poor's. It covers roughly the small-cap range of US stocks, using a capitalization-weighted index. The index covers roughly three to four percent of the total US equities market
- S&P 1500 The S&P 1500, or S&P 1500 Composite Index, is a stock market index of US stocks made by Standard & Poor's. It includes all stocks in the S&P 500, S&P 400, and S&P 600
- S&P/ASX 200 The S&P/ASX 200 index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's. It was started on 31 March, 2000 with a value of 3133.3, equal to the value of the All Ordinaries at that date
- S&P/TSX Composite Index The S&P/TSX Composite Index is an index of the stock prices of the largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange as measured by market capitalization. The Toronto Stock Exchange listed companies in this index comprises about 70% of market capitalization for all Canadian-based companies listed on the TSX.[citation needed]
- S&P Global 1200 The S&P Global 1200 Index is a free-float weighted stock market index of global equities from Standard & Poor's. The index covers 31 countries and approximately 70 percent of global stock market capitalization. It is composed of six regional indices:
- S&P Custom Group of indices
- Russell 1000 Index The Russell 1000 Index is a stock market index that represents the highest-ranking 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents about 90% of the total market capitalization of that index. The Russell 1000 Index has a weighted average market capitalization of $81 billion; the median market capitalization is approximately $4.6 billion
- Russell 2000 Index The Russell 2000 Index is a small-cap stock market index of the bottom 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index
- Russell 3000 Index The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by the iShares ETF
- Russell Midcap Index The Russell Midcap Index measures performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index, with weighted average market capitalization of approximately $6.7 billion, median capitalization of $3.6 billion, and market capitalization of the largest company $13.7 billion
- Russell Microcap Index
- Russell Global Index
- Russell Developed Index
- Russell Europe Index
- Russell Asia Pacific Index
- Russell Emerging Markets Index
- MSCI World Index The MSCI World is a stock market index of 1500 'world' stocks. It is maintained by MSCI Inc., formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International and is often used as a common benchmark for 'world' or 'global' stock funds
- MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index The MSCI EAFE Index is a stock market index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets , excluding the US & Canada
- ABX On January 17, 2006, CDS Indexco and Markit launched ABX.HE, a synthetic asset-backed credit derivative index, with plans to extend the index to other underlying asset types other than home equity loans. ABS indices allow investors to gain broad exposure to the subprime market without holding the actual asset-backed securities
- CDX A credit default swap index is a credit derivative used to hedge credit risk or to take a position on a basket of credit entities. Unlike a credit default swap, which is an over the counter credit derivative, a credit default swap index is a completely standardised credit security and may therefore be more liquid and trade at a smaller bid-offer / iTraxx iTraxx is the brand name for the family of credit default swap index products covering regions of Europe, Australia, Japan and non-Japan Asia. They form a large sector of the overall credit derivative market. The indices are constructed on a set of rules with the overriding criterion being that of liquidity of the underlying Credit Default Swaps (
- CMBX
See also
- Stock market index A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks, to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds
- Illinois Flash Index The economy of Illinois includes many industries. The Chicago metropolitan area is home to many of the nation's largest companies, including Boeing, McDonalds, Motorola, and United Airlines. The Chicago area economy headquarters a wide variety of financial institutions, and is home to the largest futures exchange in the world, the Chicago
- Producer price index In the US, the PPI was known as the Wholesale Price Index, or WPI, up to 1978. The PPI is one of the oldest continuous systems of statistical data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as one of the oldest economic time series compiled by the Federal Government. The origins of the index can be found in an 1891 U.S. Senate resolution
- Price index A price index is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of prices for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time. It is a statistic designed to help to compare how these prices, taken as a whole, differ between time periods or geographical locations
- Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public,
- Dow Jones Indexes Dow Jones Indexes was formed in 1997 as an entity within Dow Jones & Co. It produces, maintains, licenses and markets indexes as benchmarks and as the basis of investible products such as exchange traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds and structured products. The company currently has employees in 14 cities worldwide, including Princeton, NJ, New
- Operating Index
- Indexation
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