Microsoft, Wal-Mart Stores Added to Dow Jones US Contrarian Opportunities Index
. ( NYSE:WMT ), were added to the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index , it was announced today.The index is designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in terms of recent performance, but outrank their peers based on fundamentals and other qualitative criteria.
Including Microsoft (the world's sixth-largest company, measured by free-float market capitalization) and Wal-Mart Stores (37 -largest), a total of 64 companies were added to -- and 62 deleted from -- the index as part of a regular semi-annual review by Dow Jones Indexes , a leading global index provider. Following the review, the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index now has 125 components, up from 123; all changes are effective after the close of trading on August 19, 2011.
Following Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores (two of 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average ), the top components -- measured by free-float market capitalization -- to be added to the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index are: ", "Dow Jones Indexes", "Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index" and "Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index" are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"), and have been licensed for use by CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME Indexes"). Investment products based on the Dow Jones Select MicroCap and Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Indexes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, CME Indexes or their respective affiliates and none of Dow Jones, CME Indexes and their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. Inclusion of a company in any of the Dow Jones Select MicroCap or Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Indexes does not in any way reflect an opinion of Dow Jones, CME Indexes or any of their respective affiliates on the investment merits of such company. None of Dow Jones, CME Indexes or any of their respective affiliates is providing investment advice in connection with these indexes.
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Microsoft, Wal-Mart Stores Added to Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian ...
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2011 (Investrealbig.com) — Two of the largest companies in the world, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc . (NYSE:WMT), were added to the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index, it was announced today.
The index is designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in terms of recent performance, but outrank their peers based on fundamentals and other qualitative criteria.
Including Microsoft (the world’s sixth-largest company, measured by free-float market capitalization) and Wal-Mart Stores (37 -largest), a total of 64 companies were added to — and 62 deleted from — the index as part of a regular semi-annual review by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider. Following the review, the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index now has 125 components, up from 123; all changes are effective after the close of trading on August 19, 2011.
Following Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores (two of 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average), the top components — measured by free-float market capitalization — to be added to the Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index are: Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM), MasterCard Inc. Class A (NYSE:MA) and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC); the top five components measured by free-float market capitalization to be deleted from the Index are: Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP ), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ), Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN) and Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON).
The Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index is a transparent, rules-based tool for benchmarking contrarian investment strategies. The index’s universe is the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index, which comprises the largest 2,500 U.S. stocks by float-adjusted market capitalization. The Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index is equal weighted and reviewed semi-annually in January and July with changes taking effect in February and August.
As of August 10 , 2011, the float-adjusted market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones U.S. Contrarian Opportunities Index decreased to $1.07 billion from $1.23 billion.
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