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Category: Dow Jones, NASDAQ and S&P 500
Date: 22 September 2020 We take a look at the performance of the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 over various time periods. All of these indices reported declines yesterday (21 September 2020), which seems to a be a continuation of the declines reported towards the end of last week. We also focus on the returns provided by the major US indices over various periods.
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Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we were still able to achieve a strong start to the year "
More About Apple (APPL)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average® (The Dow®), is a price-weighted measure of 30 U.S. blue-chip companies. The DJIA covers all industries except transportation and utilities. The market cap of the Dow Jones firms amounts to $8.058 trillion as at end of July 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has a trailing PE ratio of 21.6 and the PE is projected (forward PE) is at 23.7 with a indicated dividend yield of 2.63% and a price to book value of 3.88
More about the S&P 500
The S&P 500 is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S equities. There is over $9.9 trillion indexed or bench-marked to the index, with the indexed assets comprising approximately $3.4 trillion of this total. The index includes 500 leading companies and covers approximately 80% of the available market capitalization.
Create in 1957, the S&P 500 was the first U.S market-cap-weighted stock market index. Today, it's the basis of many listed and over the counter investment instruments. The world-renowned index includes 500 of the top companies in leading industries of the U.S economy.
To be included in the S&P 500 companies must have an unadjusted market cap of $8.2 billion or greater of which public float mist be at least $4.1 billion. Currently the PE ratio of the S&P 500 is 22.4 (trailing PE) and is projected to be at 17.1. The indicative dividend yield of the S&P 500 is 2.08% with an average price to book value of 3.34
Create in 1957, the S&P 500 was the first U.S market-cap-weighted stock market index. Today, it's the basis of many listed and over the counter investment instruments. The world-renowned index includes 500 of the top companies in leading industries of the U.S economy.
To be included in the S&P 500 companies must have an unadjusted market cap of $8.2 billion or greater of which public float mist be at least $4.1 billion. Currently the PE ratio of the S&P 500 is 22.4 (trailing PE) and is projected to be at 17.1. The indicative dividend yield of the S&P 500 is 2.08% with an average price to book value of 3.34
More About the Nasdaq
Nasdaq is a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities. Nasdaq was created by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to enable investors to trade securities on a computerized, speedy and transparent system, and commenced operations on February 8, 1971. There are currently more than 4000 companies stock listed on the Nasdaq.
Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq performance over the last 10 years on a stock chart
The graphic below shows the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index over the last month. As soon as a user clicks on the Nasdaq or S&P500 the graphic recalculates and shows the returns of the additional indices selected. The graphic will recalculate the returns if users provide their own dates, within the last 10 year (or they can select predefined dates from our Zoom box in the graphic). Data for the graphic obtained from MacroTrends.Net
There is one thing that markets do not like. And that is uncertainty. Currently there is a lot of uncertainty in the markets, from the worries about Covid-19 and when a vaccine will become available, uncertainty about potential further fiscal stimulus to try and relieve some of the financial strain on consumers that was brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. And then one of the biggest worries in the markets right now is the political uncertainty leading up to the elections in about 40 odd days. The only certainty right now is uncertainty. And since markets don't like uncertainty. Expect markets to move up and down in wild swings in coming months.
Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq performance over various time periods
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices yesterday (21 September 2020):
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last week:
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last month:
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last year:
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last 10 years:
- Nasdaq: -0.14%
- S&P 500: -1.14%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): -1.84%
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last week:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): -3.03%
- S&P 500: -3.53%
- Nasdaq: -3.68%
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last month:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): -2.80%
- S&P 500: -3.41%
- Nasdaq: -4.71%
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last year:
- Nasdaq: 35.75%
- S&P 500: 10.78%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): 1.22%
The summary below shows the performance of the major US indices over the last 10 years:
- Nasdaq: 349.49%
- S&P 500: 180.56%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): 150.05%
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