stock market indexes
Portfolio performance trackers
Stock market indexes (or indices) are statistical measures that track the performance of a group of stocks, providing a snapshot of how a particular segment of the market is doing.
Major examples include the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which tracks 30 large U.S. companies, and the S&P 500, which follows 500 prominent stocks.
Investors use indexes as benchmarks to gauge their portfolio's performance or to assess overall market health.
The stock market indexes all fell sharply after the Fed announcement.
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- ETFTradable pooled investment vehicle
diversification · asset allocation · mutual fund · blue-chip · holdings · rebalancing · Vanguard · Fidelity
Standard for comparison
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- indicatorSign revealing status
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
reference · baseline · measure · standard · S&P 500 · Dow Jones · NASDAQ · Nikkei
Market forecasting via statistics
- moving averageSmoothed price over time
- trading volumeAmount of shares exchanged
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- backtestingValidating strategies using history
price-to-earnings · valuation · support · resistance · trend line · candlestick · RSI
National output abbreviation
- inflationSustained price level increase
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- employmentPaid occupation status
- economic indicatorStatistic measuring market health
leading indicator · consumer confidence · trade · monetary policy · fiscal policy · Federal Reserve · interest rates · macroeconomics
Gathering for a cause
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- slumpExtended period of decline
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- declineDecrease or refuse
rebound · uptrend · downtrend · momentum · peak · trough · all-time high · boom
Irregular change over time
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- whipsawTwo-person timber cutter
beta · risk · uncertainty · circuit breaker · flash crash · sell-off · panic · hedge
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- sharesUnits of company ownership
ETF · diversification · asset allocation · mutual fund · blue-chip · holdings · rebalancing · Vanguard · Fidelity · BlackRock
benchmark
Standard for comparison
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- indicatorSign revealing status
yardstick · reference · baseline · measure · standard · S&P 500 · Dow Jones · NASDAQ · Nikkei · FTSE
technical analysis
Market forecasting via statistics
- moving averageSmoothed price over time
- trading volumeAmount of shares exchanged
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
backtesting · price-to-earnings · valuation · support · resistance · trend line · candlestick · RSI
GDP
National output abbreviation
- inflationSustained price level increase
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- employmentPaid occupation status
economic indicator · leading indicator · consumer confidence · trade · monetary policy · fiscal policy · Federal Reserve · interest rates · macroeconomics · growth
rally
Gathering for a cause
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- slumpExtended period of decline
- surgeSudden powerful increase
decline · rebound · uptrend · downtrend · momentum · peak · trough · all-time high · boom · bust
fluctuation
Irregular change over time
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
whipsaw · beta · risk · uncertainty · circuit breaker · flash crash · sell-off · panic · hedge · options
stock market indexesGDP
National output abbreviation
corporate earnings · employment figures · industrial production · book value
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