Periodic discount rate and S&P 500: Difference between pages

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An index made up of the common stock (share) prices of 500 large companies actively traded in the US stock markets.

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The 500 companies whose stocks are included in the index.

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-A cost of borrowing - or rate of return - expressed as:
+''US''.
-*The excess of the amount at the end over the amount at the start
+.
-*Divided by the amount at the end
+An index made up of the common stock (share) prices of 500 large companies actively traded in the US stock markets.
-==Example 1==
-GBP 1 million is borrowed.
-GBP 1.03 million is repayable at the end of the period.
+.
+The 500 companies whose stocks are included in the index.
-The periodic discount rate (d) is:
-(End amount - start amount) / End amount
+== See also ==
+* [[Standard & Poor's ]]
+*[[FTSE]]
+* [[Fortune 500]]
+* [[Index numbers]]
+* [[Tracker fund]]
-= (1.03 - 1) / 1.03
+[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
-= 0.029126
-= 2.9126%
-==Example 2==
-GBP 0.97 million is borrowed or invested
-GBP 1.00 million is repayable at the end of the period.
-The periodic discount rate (d) is:
-(End amount - start amount) / End amount
-= (1.00 - 0.97) /  1.00
-= 0.030000
-= 3.0000%
-==See also==
-*[[Effective annual rate]]
-*[[Discount rate]]
-*[[Periodic yield]]
-*[[Yield]]