Understanding Key Stock Market Indexes: History and Differences

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This chapter explores the history and significance of major stock market indexes like the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and NASDAQ. It highlights their creation, differences, and how they aid in understanding market performance and investor behavior.

Robert Leonard chats with Brian Feroldi about why personal finance isn’t widely spread in the US education system today, why stocks have value in the first place, what the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq really are and how they differ, why public companies might issue new shares or even buy back their own shares, why the stock market generally goes up over a long time horizon, and much more!

Brian Feroldi has been intensely interested in money, personal finance, and investing ever since he graduated from college. Brian started investing in 2004. In the beginning, he got his teeth kicked in. His returns improved dramatically as he learned more about how the stock market works.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN

00:00 - Intro

01:55 - Why personal finance isn’t widely spread in the US education system today.

06:19 - Why stocks have value in the first place.

11:27 - What the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq really are and how they differ.

17:32 - What the difference is between a publicly vs privately traded company, and why a company would want to go public.

29:20 - Why public companies want their stock price to go up.

37:09 - Why public companies might issue new shares or even buy back their own shares.

42:12 - How Brian thinks about valuing a company.

55:53 - Why the stock market generally goes up over a long time horizon.

And much, much more!

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