An index in financial markets is a numerical indicator, which reflects the change in the value or performance of a particular group of assets. It is used to measure and track the overall trend and fluctuations in the market..
Indexes can be of various types, such as stock indices, commodity indices, bond indices and others. One of the most famous types of indexes – stock indices, that track the change in the value of a group of shares of companies, selected on the basis of certain criteria.
Indices provide information about market trends, allowing investors and traders to draw conclusions about the state of industries, sectors or markets in general. They can also serve as a basis for creating investment strategies., portfolios and financial products, such as index funds or derivatives.
Indices are often used as a benchmark to compare individual investments or portfolios.. For example, investors can compare the performance of their portfolio with the performance of a particular index, to evaluate your investment strategy.
Some notable world indexes include S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, FTSE 100, DAX and Nikkei 225. Each of them represents a group of shares of companies, reflecting the state of the relevant market or industry.
Indices are an important tool for analysis and decision making in financial markets. They help investors and traders to get an idea of the current situation in the market and predict its future movement..
Analyst WSJ: Traders Kill Undervalued Investment Strategy Long Before 1 June, dates, to which General Motors was officially declared bankrupt, it became clear, that nothing can save the American auto giant. Nevertheless, the company's shares all this time were traded in the area $1 for pike. Wall Street Journal Analyst David Weidner (David Weidner) wonders, why this happened and GM securities did not lose all their value.
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661) - one of the world's largest manufacturers of aviation, space and military technology. Headquartered in Chicago (Illinois, USA). Boeing is the world's leading aerospace corporation and the largest manufacturer of passenger aircraft. In addition, Boeing develops and manufactures military helicopters., electronic and defense systems, rockets, satellites, modern information and communication systems. Boeing is a leader in missile defense, manned space flights and spacecraft launch services. The company also provides a range of various support and after-sales services for aircraft.
Intraday : Abbott Laboratories (Public, NYSE:ABT) Sector: Healthcare > Industry: Major Drugs Selling on the continuation of yesterday's trend. CIRCOR International, Inc. (Public, NYSE:CIR) Sector: Basic Materials > Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products Buying on a pullback after yesterday's drop, but tired of sitting and went out.
3M ("Three Em", NYSE: MMM) - American diversified innovation and manufacturing company. Headquarters - Maplewood, Minnesota (USA). President and Chairman of the Board of Directors - George Buckley. You all, I guess, used scotch tape, adhesive stickers and, maybe, did not think who thought of such obvious things. The article will focus on the company's success story, which started with scotch tape, but has grown into a transatlantic company with tens of thousands of employees. It's about 3M.
As promised to myself, that only pluses will go further, that's what happened. 19 May closed in a symbolic plus, even traded all day, but nothing good came out, stay Overnight in STT 20 May covered Overnight STT and didn't trade again 21 May traded the first hour and closed with a plus. 22 May the terminal did not work, only watched the dead market. I hope to start posting trades with screenshots from Tuesday, I have a lot of them, but hands don't reach. Remind, что в понедельник (25 May) NYSE stock exchange does not work. Next week promises to be very dead, I will trade carefully.
Alcoa (in Russian pronounced Alcoa) (NYSE: AA) – american metallurgical company, second in the world in aluminum smelting (after the Russian company Russian Aluminum following the results 2006 of the year).Headquarters – in Pittsburgh, state of Pennsylvania (USA). History Founded in 1886 year by Charles Martin Hall, which the, almost simultaneously with the Frenchman Paul Héroux, discovered a method for producing aluminum by electrolysis of alumina. IN 1907 year the company received the name Aluminum Company of America, in 1910 abbreviated to Alcoa. In the mid-80s of the 19th century, aluminum was considered a semi-precious metal., more rare, than silver. So, in 1884 year in the USA was produced only 125 pounds of aluminum.
I fulfilled my goal that I set for myself on my first trading day on the NYSE . I am very happy, what reached her , I have new goals and big plans for the future. Next target in 7.5 times more than the previous one. I can, I do not have any other choice… This is my life and I must achieve all my goals., never backing down. P.S. Everyone can learn to trade, you just have to work hard and even more perseverance and faith in yourself. Everything will be, only time is needed ;-)
That would not answer by 100 times on 1 the same question, you can ask it in this post, and I will post the answer to it. So we will save our time ... Decided to renew this section, so I will be glad to new comments. What trading platform are you using? IB Trader Workstation (TWS), RT PRO Fusion (Blackwood ), Takion, GT Web, Laser, Sterling PRO, THAT, Lightspeed, ROX, GrayBox, Aurora, MultiCharts
All hands don't reach, describe my trades, no time at work, and the laptop is still under repair. Since the morning, the market has been flying up, and in the beginning I tried to catch reversals in stocks, bye a couple of times I caught a moose, don't calm down, after that I bought on the market upwards and Intraday was right: EMN: Eastman Chemical Company Sector: Basic Materials > Industry: Chemicals – Plastics and Rubber Sold approx. 38, but the market didn't let her go down HES : Hess Corp. Sector: Energy > Industry: Oil and Gas – Integrated Такая же ошибка, trying to short in a booming market is stupid.
IN 2008 year on the first day of trading on the NYSE, I set myself the goal of making the N-th amount of money by the end of the year, which then seemed to me a large amount. Now it's gone 1,5 years and almost reached her, this month i will overcome it, even with a delay, but still I could. It makes me very happy, then my perseverance and desire to succeed in this business are justified. And I make my goals come true… At the beginning 2009 year I also set myself a new goal, after overcoming the previous goal, my goal is to earn in 8 times more, чем до этого. I'm sure, что у меня все получиться. This is the income graph from January 2008 to April 2009.