The International Guide to Securities Market Indices

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-56622-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 1046 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1932 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Financial Markets

Originally published in 1996, The International Guide to Securities Market Indices provides a comprehensive overview of the securities market indices and offers assistance to professionals as well as individual investors in the selection of an appropriate securities market index, on a worldwide basis. The Guide’s identifies and catalogues available performance indicators along with their publishers and describes their relevant characteristics and a perspective on their historical price and total return performance. It also contains descriptive profiles along with historical performance data on 400 of the world’s leading global, regional and local securities market indices and sub-indices covering 10 asset classes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shilling, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Uses and Applications 3. Reasons for Growth of Indices 4. Index Construction and Maintenance 5. Characteristics of Preferred Indices 6. Historical Highlights 7. Guide to Index Profiles 8. Index Profiles – Stocks 9. Index Profiles – Bonds 10. Index Profiles – Money Market Instruments 11. Index Profiles – Commodities 12. Index Profiles – Convertible Securities 13. Index Profiles – Guaranteed Investment Contracts 14. Index Profiles – Mutual Funds 15. Index Profiles – Closed End Funds 16. Index Profiles – Real Estate 17. Index Profiles – Miscellaneous Appendix 1 – Illustration of Index Calculations Appendix 2 – Supplemental Securities Market Indices Appendix 3 – Additional Performance Data Appendix 4 – Glossary Appendix 5 – Comprehensive Directory of Indices Appendix 6 – Indices by Asset Class/Country Appendix 7 – Directory of Index Publishers Appendix 8 – Global Market Capitalization Appendix 9 – Year-End 1995 Currency Exchange Rates per the U.S. Dollar Appendix 10 – Index-Based Derivative Instruments Appendix 11 – 1994-1995 Performance Tables

Über Autor(innen)

Henry Shilling