Essays on Jones Industrial Average

Goal

The goal of this exercise is to explore the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product and the Dow Jones Industrial Average between 1980 and 2015 and to determine whether there is a relationship between the two variables.

Method: Application of Statistical Methods

Step 1: Mean, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation Step 2: Graph of Down Jones Industrial Average and Gross Domestic Product Figure 1 showing the graph of the Gross Domestic Product and the Dow Jones Industrial Average between 1980 and 2015 Figure 1 above shows that during the period considered, the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a more pronounced variation in ...

Company 1: AT&T, Inc.

Brief History: AT&T, Inc. is one of the leading telecommunications and broadband companies in the USA. It is the largest provider of fixed phone lines and the second largest mobile phone provider in the U.S. AT&T also offers broadband subscription TV, Internet, sells handsets, computers, and provides other similar services and products. The company has a long history dating back to the foundation of the Bell Telephone Company by Alexander Bell in 1877. In 1885, it established a subsidiary American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became a parent in 1899. The influence ...

Background

During the World War I, United States and European countries economies had forged an intimate and unique relationship and owing to this, the Great Depression spread to these countries. After the World War I, United States emerged as a major financier and creditor of postwar Europe. The national economies of European countries were greatly weakened by World War I and the war debts (McNeese, 2010). In particular Germany and other countries that were defeated were expected to finance war reparations. The United States Economy slowly slumped after the World War I and the American investment credits flow to the European ...

The article by Jose Pagliery reports on the changing fortunes at Hewlett-Packard in the last quarter of the financial year. In the financial year ending, Hewlett-Packard finished with a very strong fiscal quarter marked by an increase in its shares. This remarkable increase was reported at 6%. This was higher than the specialists in Wall Street had expected with the revenue generated soaring above twenty nine billion dollars. This had a cascading effect on the share price index, with the prices beating specialist expectations. The technology company reported earnings of above one dollar (1.01) for every share for its investors. These results ...

Introduction

Dow Jones is a term commonly used in business circles. It refers to one of the indices used to calculate stock market prices on the stock exchange. This is the second oldest index in the United States of America after the Dow Jones Transportation Average by the same creator. The term may also be used to refer to the famous Dow Jones company responsible for the publication of the Wall Street Journal, a daily newspaper published in Asia, Europe as well as online for ease of access. There is even a special version for iPad users only simply known as ‘The Daily’. ...

FP Fixed

Introduction

This paper relates an analysis of stock price behavior over the period of time from the 21st of October to the 17th of November. The aim of the paper is to trace an effect made on the stock price by the changes in markets. The markets are affected by a number of economic and non-economic factors that sometimes cannot be predicted. Among the most popular factors influencing markets are: market sentiment, growth expectations, valuation, momentum, and central bank activity. Actually, any economic factor or company news may influence stock price. A portfolio of five stocks was analyzed. ...

Abstract

This paper tries analyzing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, “a price-weighted index of 30 blue-chip stocks, that has been a reliable indicator of stock market movement since October 1, 1928” (Bloomberg, 2012). An attempt has been made to study the evolution of the stock index over a 5-year period, focusing on the predominant changes it has undergone in terms of the trading volume, trends and also interest rate changes. The analysis revealed a somewhat erratic pattern of the stock index movement, as clearly depicted by a consistent and prolonged downtrend of the market index since the middle of 2007 most likely as a result of ...

Comparison and Contrast of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s responses to the Great Depression and Barack Obama’s responses to the Great Depression

Efforts undertaken by the US government to save itself from the effects of the Great Recession have been compared to similar policy measures undertaken during the Great Depression. Undeniably, Obama’s inauguration in early 2009 is comparable to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous one hundred days in presidency. While the later offered a package of New Deal policies aimed at digging the US economy out of the Great Depression, the former’s economic policies were aimed at saving ...