Types of Indexes/Benchmarks

Question 1

30 Industrial Stocks, price weighted

Answer 1

Dow Jones

Question 2

Broader measure of NYSE activity, value weighted

Answer 2

S&P 500

Question 3

Smallest 2000 stocks of the Russell 3000 index, value weighted

Answer 3

Russell 2000

Question 4

Broadest measure of the activity and movement of the overall stock market, value weighted

Answer 4

Wilshire 5000

Question 5

Approximately 1700 stocks, equally weighted

Answer 5

Value Line

Question 6

Broadest measure of the OTC trading, value weighted

Answer 6

NASDAQ

Question 7

Equity Performance of the major foreign markets, value weighted

Answer 7

Europe, Australia, and Far East (EAFE)

Question 8

More than 5000 US Government, corporate and mortgage backed and asset backed bonds

Answer 8

Barclays Aggregate Bond

Question 9

How is the Dow Jones weighted

Answer 9

Price weighted

Question 10

How is the S&P 500 weighted

Answer 10

value weighted

Question 11

How is the Russell 2000 weighted

Answer 11

value weighted

Question 12

How is the Wilshire 5000 weighted

Answer 12

value weighted

Question 13

how is the Value Line weighted

Answer 13

equally weighted

Question 14

How is the NASDAQ weighted

Answer 14

value weighted

Question 15

How is the EAFE weighted

Answer 15

value weighted