Index
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1. Brief Introduction to Financial Markets
2. Stock Price Index and Retorn: NYSE, Nasdaq, Europe, Japan and World
3. Annual Volume in Shares & Dollars: NYSE
4. Standard&Poor's 500 P/E Ratio
5. Currency: €uro/US$ and ¥en/US$
6. Commodity: Petrol and Gold *
7. US International Trade: Exports, Imports and Balance *
* up date May/2008
Data
Tables: from 1980 to 2004 (Nov)
Graphics: from 1980 to 2004 (Nov)
Sources are shown at the end of each table
Stock indexes were indexed (1990=100) to ease comparison
Return on investment: annual (% per year)
Explanation about the index on the index's page
If you are not familiarized with financial markets, go first to introduction