Stock market indexes aggregate the total values of multiple stocks or investments against a base value from a specific date to represent and track changes in an entire stock market over time. Indexes are used to construct index funds and ETFs that mirror the components of the index. Prominent indexes include the S&P 500, DJ Wilshire 5000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000. Bangladesh has two stock exchanges - the Dhaka Stock Exchange, established in 1956, and the Chittagong Stock Exchange, established in 1995, which are self-regulated and overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stock exchanges facilitate trading of company stocks and securities, raise capital for businesses, mobilize savings, and
Stock market indexes aggregate the total values of multiple stocks or investments against a base value from a specific date to represent and track changes in an entire stock market over time. Indexes are used to construct index funds and ETFs that mirror the components of the index. Prominent indexes include the S&P 500, DJ Wilshire 5000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000. Bangladesh has two stock exchanges - the Dhaka Stock Exchange, established in 1956, and the Chittagong Stock Exchange, established in 1995, which are self-regulated and overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stock exchanges facilitate trading of company stocks and securities, raise capital for businesses, mobilize savings, and
Stock market indexes aggregate the total values of multiple stocks or investments against a base value from a specific date to represent and track changes in an entire stock market over time. Indexes are used to construct index funds and ETFs that mirror the components of the index. Prominent indexes include the S&P 500, DJ Wilshire 5000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000. Bangladesh has two stock exchanges - the Dhaka Stock Exchange, established in 1956, and the Chittagong Stock Exchange, established in 1995, which are self-regulated and overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stock exchanges facilitate trading of company stocks and securities, raise capital for businesses, mobilize savings, and
Stock market indexes aggregate the total values of multiple stocks or investments against a base value from a specific date to represent and track changes in an entire stock market over time. Indexes are used to construct index funds and ETFs that mirror the components of the index. Prominent indexes include the S&P 500, DJ Wilshire 5000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000. Bangladesh has two stock exchanges - the Dhaka Stock Exchange, established in 1956, and the Chittagong Stock Exchange, established in 1995, which are self-regulated and overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stock exchanges facilitate trading of company stocks and securities, raise capital for businesses, mobilize savings, and
An aggregate value produced by combining several stocks or other investment vehicles
together and expressing their total values against a base value from a specific date. Market indexes are intended to represent an entire stock market and thus track the market's changes over time. Stock and bond market indexes are used to construct index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) whose portfolios mirror the components of the index. The Standard & Poor's 500 is one of the world's best known indexes, and is the most commonly used benchmark for the stock market. Other prominent indexes include the DJ Wilshire 5000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite Index and The Russell 2000. 1
Stock Exchange in Bangladesh: Bangladesh has two Stock Exchanges, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), where trading is conducted by Computerized Automated Trading System and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), which is also conducted by Computerized Automated Trading System . All exchanges are self- regulated, private sector entities which must have their operating rules approved by the SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established on 8th June, 1993 under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993. Dhaka Share Market consists of the Dhaka Stock Exchange or DSE, the main share market of Bangladesh. It formally started its trading in the year 1956. It is still at its infant stage and has to walk a long way for coming into the radar of the Global Financial Market. The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) began its journey in 10th October of 1995. Founder members of the proposed Chittagong Stock Exchange approached the Bangladesh Government in January 1995 and obtained the permission of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 1995 for establishing the country's second stock exchange. 2
1 http://www.investopedia.com 2 http://www.bangladesh.com/stock-market/ Stock Exchanges are mutual organization that facilitates trading of company stocks and securities to the stock brokers and traders. The stock exchanges deals with the issue of securities and other financial instruments. The stock exchanges also involves in the payment of income and dividends. The role of the stock exchange is to raise capital for businesses, mobilize savings for investment, facilitate company growth, and redistribute wealth as well as raising capital for financing the development projects of the government.