Stock Market Indices

What is a Stock Market Index?

• A grouping of stocks that represent a corner of the economy

• An industry or niche that sells stocks that are similar in nature as a bulk sale

• A mathematical average that quickly tells us how the stock market is doing

• A mathematical average that quickly tells an investor how their stocks are performing

Check the US indexes below

• NASDAQ

• Dow Jones

• S&P 500

• PNG

• Russel 2000

How an index is performing is expressed in points, percentages, or directions?

(a)  

The name S&P 500 comes from...

• Standard and Poor's, the company that created it.

• Standard and Poor's, meaning it contains standard stocks and poor stocks.

• Simon and Peters, the co-creators of the index

• Select and Perform, a catchy slogan for the index

How many stocks are there in the US?

• Around 1000

• Over 4000

• About 500

• Exactly 500, all in the S&P 500

If you want to know roughly how a country's economy is doing, you can look at the country's...

• Stock market participation

• S&P 500

• DJIA

• Stock market index

The NASDAQ has a heavy emphasis on what industrial niche?

• Oil and Fossil Fuels

• Technology

• Utilities

• Service

How many major indexes are there in the US?

(a)  

The VIX is also known as what?

• the fate index

• the faith index

• the fear index

• the forecast index

You can invest in an index

• True, and you should

• False

• False, but you can invest in an index fund

• True or false, depending on the index