how stock market points are calculated?
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Not conected at all. The points you talk about are called index, this means that for example:\nMSFT has a market cap of 293 B and ORCL 63 B. Let's say both move up 10%. The weight that each stock has is different and this is how the index is conformed with 1000s of stocks.
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There are no set rules.  The S&P Index Committee has the final say based on their own criteria.  If you want the full explanation, it is here:\n\nhttp://www.ifa.com/Media/Images/PDF%20files/SP500_Rules_GeneralCriteria.pdf\n\nIt is an easy read.\n\n.
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The P/E ratio of the S&P 500 Index according to Vanguard was 16.7 on 5/31/06, when the S&P was at 1259.  This is based on the past year's earnings.\n\nSince the S&P varies from day to day, you can get a slightly more accurate P/E ratio by dividing by 1259 and multiplying by the current level of the S&P.
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StockCharts has a good writeup on their calculation, including a sample EXCEL spreadsheet that does the actual calculations:\n\nhttp://stockcharts.com/education/IndicatorAnalysis/indic_movingAvg.html\n\nHowever, in regards to your specific question -- you start out with a simple moving average for the specified time period and then apply the exponential algorithm from there...
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I'm not an expert but basically you gamble between prices i.e you'll bet that the price of a company's share will rise between,say, 105 to 112 points in a day. Something along those lines my friend.
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The beta can be calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model.\nReq RoR = Rf +b(mkt premium)  So, just plug in the numbers you have, and solve for b, beta.\n\n.13 = .05 + b (.10)\n\nSo, b = .8
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Stocks don't always make money, that is the risk you take when you buy them.  You just hope you pick enough winners to make up for the losers in the long run.\n\nStocks don't have any memory, either...and neither should you.  What you paid for a stock last year has nothing to do with what is it worth today.  You need to forget about all that, and decide whether you think the stock will go up or not.  If not, sell it, and put your money in a better place.  It hurts, but if you can't do this, you don't belong in the stock market.
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Go to Yahoo finance, in the upper right hand of the page click on my portfolio.  Set up a portfolio that tracks transactions.  Enter in the correct information and it will give you a rate of return.  \n\nUse this feature only if you want to track your personal finance.  If you are doing research on historical rates of return on particular stocks it would be better to use the following web site.\n\nRate of return is calculated by this formula in microsoft exel.  =((B1/A1)-1)  where A1 is the starting price and B1 is the ending price
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Just click on the points appearing next to your name and it will provide a full explanation of the points system.  Good luck.
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A sensex represents the changes in the market price of a selected band of companies.\nThe current prices are compared to a standard fixed set of prices  adn the points are calculated
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Net Asset Value\n\nThe total market value at the close of each market day \ndividied by\n# of shares outstanding
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You can download monthly historical quotes back to 1950 for the S&P 500 index from Yahoo Finance and calculate them from that data:\n\nhttp://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=%5EGSPC&a=0&b=3&c=1950&d=10&e=28&f=2006&g=m&ignore=.csv
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If you are using My Yahoo, you can set up up a Stock Portfolio segment right on your home screen.  You can set up separate categories for each set of stocks (purchased, watchlist, etc.)  It's very easy to use.  The stock prices are updated every time you log on or hit "refresh".  As with any stock tracking program, there is typically a 20 minute delay for stock quotes however if you have an online account with a brokerage, typically that website will enable you to get "real time quotes".  For example, I use www.optionsexpress.com. It is a great brokerage site for both stocks and options.  On that site, you can set "alerts" for either a percentage change (you set the percentage) or a dollar amount change in your stock price either up or down.  The alert is sent to an email address of your choice.  Check your online brokerage service because they most likely offer that service.  Another program that I use to track stocks is www.marketwatch.com.  It's free but you have to sign up or register for it.  They also provide the ability to set "alerts" on changes in stock prices or news about your stock.  Be sure to "opt out" of all of the free services and product emails or you'll get a lot of spam.
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based on supply and demand.  Too detailed to explain in a q&a.  If you're in school, take a finance and economics class.
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In simple words it is when stock market start gaining after a huge lose or decline.\nLet me explain in better way.\nSuppose the stock market in loosing points every day for the whole week and in next week it suddenly gained some points on Monday. We can say the market has done some correction on Monday.\nThanks and Good luck
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SENSEX is a basket of 30 constituent stocks representing a sample of large, liquid and representative companies.\n\nSENSEX is calculated using the "Free-float Market Capitalization" methodology. As per this methodology, the level of index at any point of time reflects the Free-float market value of 30 component stocks relative to a base period. The market capitalization of a company is determined by multiplying the price of its stock by the number of shares issued by the company. This market capitalization is further multiplied by the free-float factor to determine the free-float market capitalization.\n\n\nQualification Criteria:\n\nThe general guidelines for selection of constituent scrips in SENSEX are as follows:\n\nA. Quantitative Criteria:\nFinal Rank:The scrip should figure in the top 100 companies listed by Final Rank. The final rank is arrived at by assigning 75% weightage to the rank on the basis of six-month average full market capitalisation and 25% weightage to the liquidity rank based on six-month average daily turnover & six-month average impact cost.\n\n\nTrading Frequency:The scrip should have been traded on each and every trading day for the last six months. Exceptions can be made for extreme reasons like scrip suspension etc.\n\n\nMarket Capitalization Weightage:The weight of each scrip in SENSEX based on six-month average Free-Float market capitalisation should be at least 0.5% of the Index.\n\n\nIndustry Representation:Scrip selection would take into account a balanced representation of the listed companies in the universe of BSE. The index companies should be leaders in their industry group.\n\n\nListed History:The scrip should have a listing history of at least 3 months on BSE. However, the Committee may relax the criteria under exceptional circumstances.\n\n\nB. Qualitative Criteria:\nTrack Record:\nIn the opinion of the Committee, the company should have an acceptable track record.
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Naturally, Day-Trading - but make sure you have enough knowledge or gain some experience working with brokarage firm as we have plenty here.  You even cultivate an habit of reading current trend of the market.  Since Indian Stock Market is unpredictable as we witnessed the 2nd week of May 2006 with first 3 days of trading gained 160.18 points and the next 2 days it lost -311.73.  So you need some education.  All-the-Best