
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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