Research Quarterly: Equities (2024)

FAQs

What is the most valuable stock market in the world? ›

Nvidia's market capitalisation hit $3.335 trillion after closing at $135.58, while Microsoft ended the June 18 session with a valuation of $3.315 trillion. Apple is close behind with a market cap of $ 3.285 trillion making the race for the top slot much more interesting.

Together, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ comprise the deepest financial market in the world, with a market cap of over US$50 trillion. * This allows investors to own shares of the largest companies in the world, providing more choices and options for investors.

Equity market capitalization is an aggregate calculation that measures the total value of the entire equity market. This value is calculated by taking the individual market capitalizations of all available companies in the equity market and adding them together to arrive at the capitalization for the market as a whole.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was known as "India's Warren Buffet" and "The Big Bull". He was a well-known and helpful stock market expert in India. Rakesh, the son of a salaried officer, entered the stock market after graduating as a contractual bookkeeper. After that, he was a stock trader.

In 2023, 61 percent of adults in the United States invested in the stock market. This figure has remained steady over the last few years, and is still below the levels before the Great Recession, when it peaked in 2007 at 65 percent.

With the world's deepest capital markets, the U.S. makes up 42.5% of global equity market capitalization, outpacing the next closest economy, the European Union by a significant margin. 🇺🇸 U.S. Data as of Q2 2023.

The highest closing price for the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) all-time was $17,862.23, on Tuesday. The latest price is $17,850.31.

What is the oldest stock exchange in the world? ›

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest in the world. It was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company.

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New York Stock Exchange

But it has remained the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalisation ever since the end of World War I, when it overtook the London Stock Exchange.

As far as Nifty is concerned, it has traded in a PE range of 10 to 30 historically. Average PE of Nifty in the last 20 years was around 20.* So PEs below 20 may provide good investment opportunities; lower the PE below 20, more attractive the investment potential.

As of May 2021, the global stock market is worth $95 trillion. The US's share of that total, obviously, is gigantic. Statista estimates that the US stock market commands nearly 56% of the entire worth of the global stock market. No other country even reaches 10%.

New York Stock Exchange

But it has remained the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalisation ever since the end of World War I, when it overtook the London Stock Exchange.

Oil and Refinery, IT and ITES and Banking and financial sector are the three sectors that dominate the Indian stock market with maximum market capitalsiation among the listed entities.

Is It Time to Sell? In this video, I will talk about Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which surpassed Apple and Microsoft to become the world's most valuable company, and what investors should consider doing next. *Stock prices used were from the trading day of June 18, 2024.