Comments on: What are stock indices for? http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for/ Cherry Picking The Diamonds From The Stock Market Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mukesh http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 mukesh Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:28:59 +0000 http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for#comment-4019 these indices are like price indices. in each category there are specific stocks whose volume and price on perticular day, gives index for that day. however this figure is relative to a base-value somewhere in the past. stocks in a category may change. SHOCK : they neglect bonus issues, so are useless for longterm market valuations or wealth creation arithmatics. WARNING : these evolve from traders prices so cannot assess economy.<br><b>References : </b><br>in the wonderland of foolish investors......in writing these indices are like price indices.
in each category there are specific stocks whose volume and price on perticular day, gives index for that day. however this figure is relative to a base-value somewhere in the past. stocks in a category may change.

SHOCK : they neglect bonus issues, so are useless for longterm market valuations or wealth creation arithmatics.

WARNING : these evolve from traders prices so cannot assess economy.
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in the wonderland of foolish investors……in writing

]]> By: Ted http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for/comment-page-1/#comment-4018 Ted Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:55:59 +0000 http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for#comment-4018 They are a measure of market sentiment. They try to show the general feeling of investors for a category rather than for a single company. This can be interesting when there is a divergence, such as S&P500 is going down on a certain day but Exxon is going up can be a bullish sign for Exxon.<br><b>References : </b><br> They are a measure of market sentiment. They try to show the general feeling of investors for a category rather than for a single company. This can be interesting when there is a divergence, such as S&P500 is going down on a certain day but Exxon is going up can be a bullish sign for Exxon.
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]]> By: Yorky http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 Yorky Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:28:59 +0000 http://www.stockpickins.com/stock-indices/what-are-stock-indices-for#comment-4017 They are all tools that show the general trend of the markets. The more stocks covered by the index, the more it reflects stock in general. An index in nothing more than a group of stocks that are being averaged to arrive at the index price.<br><b>References : </b><br> They are all tools that show the general trend of the markets. The more stocks covered by the index, the more it reflects stock in general. An index in nothing more than a group of stocks that are being averaged to arrive at the index price.
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