Research Guides: Finance and Investment : Indices

Indices

Indices supply investors with a composite report on market performance. The index values can be used to compute total returns for an aggregate market or some component of a market over a specified time period and use the rates of return computed as a benchmark to judge the performance of individual portfolios (Source: Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Reilly & Brown, p.152).

Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P. is a financial news service that provides financial news and data to companies and organizations in virtually every country in the world. Business professionals can monitor and analyze real-time financial market data, as well as place trades and review historical trading data.
Bloomberg stations are located in select locations, require unique login requirements, and detailed instructions are provided.
Datastream
S&P 500 Composite information back to 1964.
Resource excludes walk-in users. This database is accessible only on specific library workstations. Datastream is licensed for academic purposes only. Users cannot use this product for commercial purposes. User limit: 1 maximum

FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS)
The FTSE Global Equity Index Series covers around 7,400 securities in 47 different countries - covering every equity and sector relevant to international investors’ needs.
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Includes the latest readings of the stock market as well as charts going back to 1896.
Stock Market Indices
NASDAQ summarizes the performance of major groupings of stocks, classified by the exchange on which they trade, by region, or any number of classifications that allow investors to benchmark the overall performance of major groupings of stocks.

TSX-CFMRC
Data from the TSX Group (includes the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Markets and TSX Datalinx). Contains historical stock prices and other corporate financial data for TSE and TSX-listed companies.