IFRC Indexes has just released the July 2020 monthly report on World index performance.
Based on about 2000 indices calculated by IFRC, and other indices calculated by other providers such as the stock exchanges (DOW JONES, FTSE, S&P, etc.), this report compares performance over the month and the year in progress , the ranking of the 100 indices selected according to different types of benchmark, bluechips, sector, strategy, thematic, ... .
Vietnam’s prospect of becoming a country with an emerging market is facing enormous obstacles due to different factors in 2020. During the last 20 years, Vietnam has achieved many successes in establishing and developing the financial market, contributing to the process of integrating with the world’s economy.
Is the predictability linked to market volatility? Is it more obvious in the case of high market volatility like the case since the beginning of the year?
The question will be answer via the research of IFRC's team.
VIX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index, measures the stock market's expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index options. It is calculated and disseminated on a real-time basis by the CBOE, and is often referred to as the fear index or fear gauge.
On March, 17th, 2020, the U.S. stock market plunged to its worst day in more than three decades with the drop of 12.18% for S&P 500. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,997 points, or 12.9%, and, likewise, the S&P 500 had its worst loss since the Black Monday crash of 1987.
Vietnam Indexes Observatory is a qualitative and quantitative data of about 1,600 indexes which allows users to acquire the general information of major international indexes and to compare their past performances and characteristics.
IFRC compiles information and figures of major international indexes:
