As of July 2014, the market cap for Compass EMP US 500 Volatility Weighted Index ETF (CFA) is $34.87.
As of July 2014, the market cap for Compass EMP US 500 Enhanced Volatility Weighted Index ETF (CFO) is $34.88.
The symbol for Compass EMP US 500 Volatility Weighted Index ETF in NASDAQ is: CFA.
The symbol for Compass EMP US 500 Enhanced Volatility Weighted Index ETF in NASDAQ is: CFO.
The Dow Jones Industrial average is a price weighted index.
Value weighted index is a market average such as Standard & Poor's 500 Index that takes into account the market value of each security rather than calculating a straight price average. An equal weighted index is a type of weighting that gives the same weight, or importance, to each stock in a portfolio or index fund. The difference is one gives individual value and other gives one value to all.
This composite index includes 5,500 companies and, like the S and P, is market-weighted, thus providing more meaningful numbers.
As of July 2014, the market cap for First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (QQEW) is $430,768,079.04.
In terms of stock market, a stock weightage or a market value weighted index describes an index whose elements are values according to the fair market value of their outstanding shares.
Straits Times IndexSTI is a market value-weighted stock market index based on the stocks of the top 30 companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.
CVIX Index: It is an weighted average of the 3M implied volatility across 9 major pairs of currencies. the various currency pairs are assigned various weightages with EURUSD having 36% and USDJPY having 22% weightages. It signfies investor expectation of future volatility. Hope this helps Arun
Market weight index funds weight the individual company's within the index by market capitalization (shares outstanding multiplied by share price). Equal weight index funds give equal weight in the fund to each company, regardless of its share price. When measuring the performance of each of these types of index funds there is no clear winner. Researchers Dash and Loggie found each type of fund outperformed during different market conditions. The S & P 500 equal weight index fund underperformed the market capitalization weighted fund during strong markets but seemed to perform better than the market cap weighted fund during weak markets.
A bond index is a way of measuring the value of a portion of the bond market. It's computed from the prices of selected bonds, usually a weighted average.