Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
are the first global indexes tracking the financial
performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies
worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes,
STOXX Limited and SAM they provide asset managers with
reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability
portfolios.
Currently more than 70 DJSI licenses are held by asset
managers in 16 countries to manage a variety of financial
products including active and passive funds, certificates
and segregated accounts. In total, these licensees presently
manage over 8 billion USD based on the DJSI.
Dow Jones Indexes is the name behind “The Dow,” the
most quoted and recognized index in the world. Beyond
this legendary measure, Dow Jones Indexes calculates
a family of more than 130,000 market indicators.
Among them are the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Indexes
which provide the most comprehensive coverage of the
world’s markets. Other widely adopted index series include
the Dow Jones Titans family of blue-chip indexes, the
Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes and the Dow Jones Select
Dividend Indexes. Together with Deutsche Boerse AG and
SWX Group, Dow Jones is co-owner of STOXX Limited, which
calculates the world’s leading pan- European indexes.
Committed to providing total indexing solutions, Dow
Jones Indexes offers indexes, data and services that
fill nearly any imaginable indexing need.
Indexes for a variety of asset classes: stocks, bonds,
hedge funds, commodities,
real estate and multi-asset class portfolios.
Equity indexes that cover each of 65 countries and a
variety of regions.
Equity indexes that measure a full complement of industries
and sectors, that
measure growth and value investment styles, and that
cover capitalization
ranges from large caps to micro caps.
Indexes that are expressly designed as benchmarks for
investments and those
that are tailored for use as the basis for financial
products.
An array of market information that includes real-time
and historical data on
indexes and their components.
Benchmark Indexes
Dow Jones Total Stock Market IndexesSM
The Dow Jones Total Stock Market IndexesSM are the broadest
measures of the world’s equity markets. The family is
anchored by the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market IndexSM,
which includes all U.S. equity securities with readily
available prices. The global index represents approximately
98% of the market value of countries considered open
to foreign investment (currently 65). The family
includes country, region, sector and size-segment indexes,
as well as style indexes for the U.S.
Dow Jones Global IndexesSM
The Dow Jones Global IndexesSM are broad-based indexes
that provide 95% market coverage and have been screened
for liquidity. The family includes a full complement
of sector, size-segment and style indexes.
Dow Jones STOXX® Global 1800 Indexes
The Dow Jones STOXX® Global 1800 Index provides a broad
yet investable representation of the world’s developed
markets. The global index comprises three 600-stock
regional indexes covering Europe, the Americas and the
Asia/Pacific region. The family also includes sector
indexes.
Dow Jones STOXX® TMI Indexes
The Dow Jones STOXX® TMI Index consistently covers approximately
95% of the market capitalization of the represented
countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and the U.K. The family includes region, sector, style
and cap-range indexes.
Blue Chip Indexes
Dow Jones AveragesSM
Created more than 100 years ago, the Dow Jones AveragesSM
were the world’s first market indicators. Included in
the series are the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM, Dow
Jones Utility AverageSM, Dow Jones Transportation AverageSM
and Dow Jones Composite AverageSM.
In 2008, The Global DowSM was created to track the global
market.
Stocks for these blue-chip indexes are selected by Dow
Jones editors.
Dow Jones STOXX® Blue-Chip Indexes
The Dow Jones STOXX® Blue-Chip Indexes include the Dow
Jones STOXX® 50, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX® 50, the Dow
Jones STOXX® Nordic 30 and the Dow Jones STOXX® EU Enlarged
15 Indexes. These indexes provide blue-chip representation
of supersector leaders in Europe, the Eurozone, the
Nordic Region
and the leaders of the 10 new European Union countries
which joined the EU on May 1, 2004.
Dow Jones Titans IndexesSM
Dow Jones Titans IndexesSM measure the performance of
the largest stocks in a country, sector or region. Each
index contains between 10 and 100 stocks, selected based
on size, sales/revenue, net income and/or liquidity.
Specialty Indexes
CBOE DJIA BuyWrite IndexSM
The CBOE DJIA BuyWrite IndexSM (BXD) is a benchmark
index that measures the performance of a theoretical
portfolio that sells DJX call options, against a portfolio
of the stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM.
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexesSM
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM is a liquid and
diversified benchmark for commodities as an asset class.
The index is composed of futures contracts on 19 physical
commodities. The Dow Jones- UBS Commodity IndexSM family
includes nine subindexes that group commodities based
on type, plus single-commodity indexes for each of the
19 individual commodities in the broad index, plus Cocoa,
Lead, Platinum and Tin.
Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure IndexesSM
The Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure IndexesSM measure
the infrastructure market for various business sectors
and regions around the world. To be included in the
indexes, companies must have at least 70% of cash flows
derived from infrastructure lines of business.
Dow Jones CBOT Treasury IndexSM
The Dow Jones CBOT Treasury IndexSM is a real-time measure
of the U.S. Treasury bond market. It is designed to
measure the performance of longer maturities in the
fixed-income markets using weighted combinations of
CBOT Treasury futures as proxies for the market. CBOT
5-year, 10-year and bond futures contracts serve as
the underlying index components.
Dow Jones CCX Emissions IndexesSM
The Dow Jones CCX Emissions IndexesSM, created in conjunction
with the Chicago Climate Exchange, measure the price
of futures contracts for European Union Allowances (EUAs)
and U.N.-issued Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs).
Dow Jones Corporate Bond IndexSM
The Dow Jones Corporate Bond IndexSM measures the return
of readily tradable, high-grade U.S. corporate bonds.
The index is an equally weighted basket of 96 recently
issued investment-grade corporate bonds with laddered
maturities.
Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy BenchmarksSM
Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy BenchmarksSM are intended
to be style-pure hedge fund strategy indexes based on
the performance of a managed account platform structured
to meet the needs of institutional investors. The benchmarks
currently cover the following style classifications:
convertible arbitrage, distressed securities, event
driven, equity long/short, equity market neutral and
merger arbitrage.
Dow Jones Islamic Market IndexesSM
Dow Jones Islamic Market IndexesSM measure companies
that have been screened for compliance with Islamic
principles based on financial ratios and industry. The
global family includes equity indexes for countries,
regions, sectors and market cap ranges, as well as fixedincome
indexes.
Dow Jones LATixx IndexesSM
Dow Jones LATixx IndexesSM are a family of fixed-income
indexes
cooperatively created by Dow Jones Indexes, LVA Indices
(LVA) and
Proveedor Integral de Precios (PiP). The series will
cover fixed-income
securities traded throughout the Latin American region.
Currently available are indexes for Mexico and Chile.
Dow Jones RBP IndexesSM
The Dow Jones RBP IndexesSM are quantitative strategy
indexes that
incorporate rules-based published analytics supplied
by Transparent Value, L.L.C. Components are selected
based on the likelihood they can deliver their Required
Business Performance® (RBP®).
Dow Jones Relative Risk IndexesSM
Dow Jones Relative Risk IndexesSM benchmark portfolios
representing five levels of investor risk tolerance:
conservative, moderately conservative, moderate, moderately
aggressive and aggressive. The indexes are composites
of other indexes that represent stocks, bonds and cash.
Dow Jones Select Dividend IndexesSM
Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX® Select Dividend Indexes
track the top dividend-paying companies in a country
or region. Each index contains between 15 and 100 stocks,
selected based on rankings by dividend yield.
Dow Jones Sustainability IndexesSM
Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones IndexesSM and
Zurich-based SAM, Dow Jones Sustainability IndexesSM
track the performance of leading sustainability-driven
companies. The family includes global and regional benchmark
indexes, subindexes excluding alcohol, gambling, tobacco,
armaments and firearms and/or adult entertainment, and
global and regional blue-chip indexes.
Dow Jones Target Date IndexesSM
Dow Jones Target Date Indexes measure portfolios that
reduce potential risk over time as investors’ retirement
or other “target” dates approach. The indexes represent
target dates at five-year increments through 2045. Each
index is a composite of subindexes that represent stocks,
bonds and cash. Indexes in the Dow Jones Real Return
Target Date series are made up of subindexes for stocks,
bonds, real estate, TIPS and commodities.
Dow Jones Transaction-Based IndexesSM
Dow Jones Transaction-Based IndexesSM are based on actual
transactions in the power, steel and recovered papers
industries. The family includes the U.S. Daily Electricity
Price, U.S. Hourly Electricity Price, European Power,
European Gas, Recovered Papers and Steel Indexes. The
indexes offer industry-wide
benchmarks to help participants gauge price risks.
Dow Jones Volatility IndexesSM
Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX® Volatility indexes are
based on real-time prices of options on the Dow Jones
Industrial AverageSM and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX® 50.
These indexes are designed to reflect investors’ consensus
view of the future (30-day) expected stock market volatility.
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