Stock Market Performance

What does it indicate?

Stock Performance – In the Aggregate

Stocks, when viewed as a whole market and not in the individual sense, can give an overall indication of the relative health of an economy.

When stock values, in the aggregate, are rising, we are said to be in a Bull Market.

When stock values, in the aggregate, are falling, we are said to be in a Bear Market.

Stock Indexes Stock indexes show relative

overall values for categories or groups of stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, in existence since 1896, measures the performance of 30 large corporations

The Standard and Poor’s 500 gives an overall picture of 500 diverse stocks to depict national economic health