Essays Tagged: "S&P 500"

the essay is an economics paper abt the relation between S&P500 and NASDAQ, using regression and other statistical tools

ESTIMATING THE S & P 500 AND THE NASDAQ: VARIABLES THAT AFFECT EACHEstimating the S & P 500 and the NASDAQ: Variables ... ave influenced the market.This paper examines a list of variables and their affect on the S & P 500 as well as the NASDAQ. The following is a list of variables we have chosen to test their affect ... aced in a spreadsheet and ran through various tests as well as a regression analysis. The S & P 500 is a list of the top 500 companies in the stock market and the NASDAQ is an index consisting mai ...

(10 pages) 580 1 3.4 Sep/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Using futures contracts to take advantage of the January Effect.

higher than the rest of the year and higher than the companies which are incorporated in the S&P500 index). Indeed the table « Strategy comparisons small-firm stocks and S&P500 geometric ... obtain an annual return of 15.77% when you hold the small firm portfolio during January and S&P500 index the rest of the year, whereas you obtain a return of 12.56% when you buy and hold the smal ...

(12 pages) 53 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Research paper on index vs mut

y are even more skeptical after fees are subtracted.The best known index, the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500), is a collection of the top 500 major US stocks. However there are dozens of other ...

(6 pages) 56 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting