Questions tagged [market-indexes]
This is a metric for tracking a collection of securities. For example, among US stocks, a commonly referenced index is the S&P 500. An index may be price-weighted, market-capitalization weighted or some other way to determine how much of the index each security contributes.
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Is there an index following the world real estate value [closed]
I understand that in order for an ETF to follow the value of real estate, you need some REIT to buy it.
I wonder if there is some index that is trying to follow the total value of the world's real ...
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Does buying a company's stock funnel money to that company?
I've always thought the answer is "no" - after all the company makes no money from the stock price unless they issue new stock, and then they make money from whoever buys it then.
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Inflation-adjusted value of ACWI or similar indices?
When looking at charts for an ETF (say an ETF tracking ACWI), then in order to understand how a share in the ETF is priced relative to a few years ago, should I factor in inflation as I would for ...
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Building buy&hold ETF portfolio by writing ETF puts? [duplicate]
Does building a buy and hold index ETF portfolio by writing puts on the desired ETF, and possibily getting assigned, yield a boost over buying the ETF the standard way ? Is it a good idea ?
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Stock prices rise due to index (SP500) inclusion means I should not buy index funds?
When a stock rises (either temporarily or permanently) before its inclusion into an index, that means index funds need to be purchasing the stock at inflated prices.
Doesn't that mean when you ...
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Question to do with ETF price changes during the day
In my learnings I was told the nav price of an etf is calculated at the end of the trading day,So the next day trading resumes at that price but then fluctuates due to supply and demand for the etf ...
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How to plot bollinger bands on a candle chart?
I'm studying some indicators and I'm struggling with how these tools plot the bollinger bands upper and lower bands. Every source that I've found says the bollinger bands are calculated as follows:
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How can an index fund experience price variations different than those of the index it tracks?
From 22/03/2022 to 24/03/2023, these are the S&P total market index and the Vanguard U.S. Equity Index Fund:
S&P total market index:
Price on 24/03/2022: $4619.20
Price on 24/03/2023: $3974....
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How options affect the index?
I am not able to get technical/logical reason behind following scenario. Can you please help me to explain the reason behind it?
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Group of stocks makes the index. It means Index is dependent ...
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Applying DCF on finding intrinsic value of Nifty50 index or any kind of stock index
Instead of applying DCF on stock price, I wish to apply the technique in order to find intrinsic value of a index since it resembles the behavior of the overall market. But, I'm very consumed what ...
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Calculate Dividends Return from Total & Price returns
I understand Price returns and Total returns for stock indices. For example, total returns account for Dividends paid by the underlying stocks assuming they are reinvested back into the same. How do ...
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Discrepancy between ETFs performance and benchmark index
I am interested in MSCI World Index and was comparing several ETFs. I can understand that performance of ETF itself can be slightly different but how is possible that there is difference in benchmark ...
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I got the tip to invest in CSSPX. When I search the symbol at Stocks.app (Yahoo Finance) there are 3 hits. What exactly is the difference?
I got the tip to invest in CSSPX and ACWX. But unfortunately the symbols are not unique, there are several hits in Stocks.app (Yahoo Finance API). What exactly are the differences in the various hits?
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How are SPX index option prices determined in the 15-minute period after the close?
There are SPX index options that expire every single day now (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays). I know that SPX options will trade until 4:00pm ET on the day of expiration. ...
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How is the average return rate of the S&P 500 annual return calculated?
I am trying to understand where the famous average return rate of about 10% of the S&P 500 comes from. In most conversations, the usual starting date is on 1965. Its averaging closing value at ...
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