Stock Market Drops

There is a following 'simple' rule in investing: buy low, sell high.

This table shows how much certain stock indexes have fallen from their all time high values. A big fall sometimes means the market has reached 'low' levels.

Index Name	Description	All Time High	Low After ATH	Value Now	Now Down	1 Pt Market Cap
MSCI.THF	MSCI Thailand Gross ($)	1994-10-31 790	1998-08-31 60	2007-03-05 357	55 %
Philippines	MSCI Philippines Gross ($)	1997-02-01 774	2003-03-01 95	2007-03-05 350	55 %
NASDAQ	NASDAQ Composite	2000-03-10 5049	2002-10-09 1114	2006-02-03 2261	55 %
HEX	Helsinki All	2000-03-06 18277		2006-02-03 8506	53 %	1999-08-20 25 mln e
Litin	Lithuania Largest	1997-09-17 1243	2002-10-14 254	2004-03-26 671	46 %	1999-05-31 6.3 mln e
DAX	Germany All	2000-03-07 8065	2003-03-12 2203	2005-06-07 4526	44 %	1999-12-31 170 mln e
DJ RSE	Riga All ($)	1997-09-15 475	1999-09-17 69	2004-03-26 270	43 %	1999-07-12 3.6 mln e
KLSEC	Kuala Lumpur All	1997-02-25 1272	1998-09-01 263	2002-07-09 744	42 %
Hang Seng	Hong Kong All	2000-03-28 18398		2002-02-27 10649	42 %
S&P500	USA Largest	2000-03-24 1527	2002-10-09 777	2002-11-04 908	41 %
CNX Nifty	India All	2000 1818		2002-01-18 1093	40 %
Jakarta	Jakarta Composite	1997-07-08 741		2002-02-27 455	39 %
MSCI World	MSCI World ($)	2000-03-27 1449		2002-02-04 951	34 %	1999-12-31 23000 mln e
MSCI.GR	MSCI Greece Net ($)	1999-09-16 203	2003-03-31 45	2005-11-11 141	31 %
TALSE	Tallinn All	1997-08-29 493	1998-12-14 87	2004-03-26 341	31 %	1999-05-26 14 mln e
Bovespa	Sao Paulo All	2000-03-27 18951	2002-10-16 8371	2003-06-27 13024	31 %
FTSE	London Largest	1999-12-30 6930	2002-09-24 3671	2005-06-07 4995	28 %	1999-12-31 400 mln e
Venezuela	MSCI Venezuela Gross ($)	2007-01-05 344	2007-01-30 195	2007-03-05 257	25 %
KOSPI	Seoul Composite	2000-01-04 1059	2001-11-17 469	2002-07-09 802	24 %
MSCI.TR	MSCI Turkey Net ($)	2000-01-18 231	2001-10-08 35	2005-11-11 183	21 %
HEXPOR	Helsinki All (Max Weight 10%)	2000 5674		2002-07-30 4604	19 %	N/A
RTS	Russia All ($)	2003-10-20 643		2003-10-30 527	18 %	1999-09-20 170 mln e
MSCI.AR	MSCI Argentina Net ($)	2005-10-03 191		2005-11-11 158	17 %
MSCI.JP	MSCI Japan Net ($)	1989-02-28 5728	2003-04-28 2081	2006-02-02 4889	15 %
MSCI.RU	MSCI Russia Gross ($)	2003-10-17 557		2003-10-29 475	15 %

Here is some explanation of the columns.

• "Index Name" contains a short name of the index and a link to the latest values of the index or sometimes some other relevant link.
• "Description" contains a few words to describe the index.
• "All Time High" shows the peak value of the index and the date when that peak was reached.
• "Low after ATH" is the lowest point that the index has visited after reaching the previous all time high value. From this and "Value Now" field you can see how much it has already recovered.
• "Value Now" is the latest updated value of the index. Indexes that stay flat are usually updated less often.
• "Now Down" shows the percentage drop between all time high and current value. The table is sorted by this field.
• "1 Pt Market Cap" shows how much one index point is worth when calculating the total value of the market in question (in millions of euros). This value should change only with currency fluctuations and when new companies are added to or removed from the index.

All the shown index values may be either closing values or mid-day trading values.

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This page was updated: 2007-03-06 Site update history