Stock Investor Pro Questions

Please use your AAII Stock Investor Pro CD to complete the following exercises.

1.

a. Are any of the stocks that are part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average not listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)? How many are listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX)?
b. How many of the S&P 500 stocks are listed on the NYSE? How many are listed on the AMEX?

a. Assuming an equal percentage change in the price of all firms included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, find the five firms that would have the largest impact on the change in the Dow Joes Industrial Average.
b. Assuming an equal percentage change in the price of all firms included in the S&P Index, find the five firms that would have the largest impact on the change in the S&P Index.

a. Use the 12 major industry classifications found in the Stock Investor Pro database and determine the percentage distribution by industry for the companies of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
b. Construct a similar percentage distribution by industry for the companies of the S&P 500.

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