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Do No Harm $/3$

Understanding the major market indexes

Understanding How Indexes Report Data

The securities market is tracked by a wide variety of indexes, each of which focuses on a different group of stocks.

The following table lists stock quotes from four of the most widely cited indexes: the Dow Jones Industrial Average $($DJIA$),$ the NASDAQ$-100,$ the S&P

$500,$ and the AMEX. Each of these numbers is used to capture the performance of

on a given day.

Index Quotes

True or False: Based on the numbers not in parentheses in the previous table, you can tell that S&P $500$ stocks were performing roughly half as well

as NASDAQ$-100$ stocks at the time this data was collected.

True

False

Complete the table by indicating the name of the index being described, as well as the number of stocks each index tracks.

Composition

Size

Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few NASDAQ stocks as well

The biggest $($non$-$financial$)$ firms traded on NASDAQ

All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and NASDAQ stocks

All stocks listed on the "big board"

Index

stocks

stocks

stocks

Over $2,000$ stocks