What is your UNIVERSE?

[nizar]

Does anybody know how long the "ASX"-style indices have been around for?
eg. ASX100, ASX200, ASX300 ??

Were they around in the 1980s?

What indices were around in the 1980s that are still around today?

THanks.

Putting this thread on the main page to get some responses.

Thanks guys.

 

[bvbfan]

The All Ordinaries is the oldest I think
The indices were reformed/reclassified when ASX handed over the index calculation to Standard and Poors around 2001.

 

[nizar]

The All Ordinaries is the oldest I think
The indices were reformed/reclassified when ASX handed over the index calculation to Standard and Poors around 2001.

Thanks bro.
So for pre-2001 testing, XAO is the only index that can be used as a universe.

 

[bvbfan]

All Ords was established January 1980 (at 500 points) so that's as far back as it can go. There may be composite indices available before this.
I have data to April 1988


The XJO started on 31 March 2000 according to Wikipedia

 

[austek]

Simply a short list of high trending stocks preferably with good earnings.

Annual average gain must be 30% higher than what I aim to acheive.

austek