Evaluation of Overall Stock Market Performance Using the Main Indexes

• Compare and contrast the three major stock market indexes (i.e. Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ Composite).
• Graph the performance of indexes from 1996 (or when company went public) to present.
• Analyze the trends and explain the major events from 1996 (or when company went public) .
• Discuss the overall economic outlook and analysts’ forecast of the stock market.
• What are the factors that affect how the stock market performs?
• Where do you see the stock market going over the next three months? One year? Three years?

1. Be two or three pages in length for the analysis and explanations
2. Be formatted according to the APA guideline
3. Include graphs and Excel spreadsheets; these spreadsheets should be embedded in the Word document as an appendix after your analysis.