TAKING STOCK OF THE MARKET, TEACHER



TAKING STOCK OF THE MARKET, TEACHER

DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average data [Accessed online March 5, 2005]



Use the graphs supplied below to answer the questions that follow.

|[pic] |Graph 1|[pic] |Graph 2|

|[pic] |Graph 3|[pic] |Graph 4|

|[pic] |Graph 5| |

1. Which graph shows change over one year? Graph 3

2. Which graph shows change over multiple years? Graph 5

3. Which graph shows change over one week? Graph 4

4. Which graph shows change over one month? Graph 2

5. Which graph shows the least amount of change over time? Why? Graph 1 shows the least amount of change because it is a graph over only one day.

6. For graph 5, how might you explain the sharp decline in the data? Answers may vary but the sharp decline occurred mid-year in 2002. Research news headlines for the same time period and discuss the correlation of world events to financial markets.

USA Today World Market Indices

|Americas |

|USA Markets |

|Index |Country |Last |Chg |%Chg |Date |

|DOW JONES IND. |USA |10,940.55 |+107.52 |+0.99% |3/4/2005 |

|DJ TRANSPORTATION |USA |3,830.97 |+70.38 |+1.87% |3/4/2005 |

|DJ UTILITIES |USA |361.75 |+6.85 |+1.93% |3/4/2005 |

|NASDAQ COMPOSITE |USA |2,070.61 |+12.21 |+0.59% |3/4/2005 |

|NASDAQ 100 |USA |37.48 |+0.21 |+0.56% |3/4/2005 |

|S&P 500 |USA |1,222.12 |+11.65 |+0.96% |3/4/2005 |

|S&P MID-CAP |USA |124.44 |+1.36 |+1.10% |3/4/2005 |

|NYSE COMPOSITE |USA |7,441.18 |+84.06 |+1.14% |3/4/2005 |

|AMEX COMPOSITE |USA |1,532.49 |+12.89 |+0.85% |3/4/2005 |

|WILSHIRE 5000 |USA |12,040.30 |+109.25 |+0.91% |5:39:52 PM |

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|RUSSELL 2000 |USA |644.95 |+6.66 |+1.04% |3/4/2005 |

|Non-USA Markets |

|MERVAL |Argentina |1,581.36 |+4.23 |+0.27% |3/4/2005 |

|BRSP BOVESPA IDX |Brazil |29,197.19 |+528.79 |+1.84% |3/4/2005 |

|TSE 300 |Canada |9,927.20 |+67.67 |+0.69% |3/4/2005 |

|IPSA STOCK MKT SELECT |Chile |1,920.72 |-7.57 |-0.39% |3/4/2005 |

|MXSE IPC |Mexico |13,862.70 |+79.75 |+0.58% |3/4/2005 |

|LIMA GENERAL IDX |Peru |4,115.75 |+34.43 |+0.84% |3/4/2005 |

|GENERAL IDX |Venezuela |30,639.85 |-3.64 |-0.01% |3/4/2005 |

1. In the United States, which market closed at the highest value? How is this different from all the other markets? Wilshire 5000; it is different because the data was actually reported on Saturday, March 5, 2005 whereas all of the other markets were reported for 3/4/05.

2. In the United States, which market showed the greatest increase in change over the course of the day (3/4/05)? DJ Utilities shows a change of 1.93% which represents the greatest amount of change even though the points only reflect a difference of +6.85.

3. Overall, which market closed at the highest value? General IDX

4. Of all Non-USA markets, which market made the least gains over the course of the day? Merval

5. Which Non-USA country has the smallest trading market according to this index? Argentina

6. Graph the Non-USA market closings.

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