Will the FTSE break thru 3000.....?

[Tony*T3]

Currently at 3500 ish, will it continue down, and how far will it fall.....?

Care to guess its lowest vlaue in the next 6 months.....?

[DOOG]

3175

[Somewhatfoolish]

400

[Flat_Steve]

-8

[1066]

0.

[paolow]

mx5

[Somewhatfoolish]

I'd also like to propose a highest value of 523894723894723 in the next two years when the hyperinflation hits.

[Uncle Fester]

Parity with the base rate?

[AlexKP]

Can someone explain in simple terms how the FTSE index works and what it represents?

I have some vague ideas, but a proper explanation would be most welcome!

[Romanymagic]

335 (chipped)

[funkyol]

Romanymagic said:

335 (chipped)

Damn you beat me to it, but it is actually 335D(mapped)

[Somewhatfoolish]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Basically it's directly proportional to the market cap (i.e. share price multiplied by number of shares, that is to say the valuation given by the market of said company) of the 100 biggest companies listed on the LSE. There are some niggles with that explanation but they really aren't important.

If you really care about the niggles see http://www.ftse.com/Indices/UK_Indices/Index_Rules...

[Bing o]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FTSE+100

[NoelWatson]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Name % Weight
in the Index
BP PLC 8.907248
Vodafone Group PLC 7.199272
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 6.272067
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 5.799437
HSBC Holdings PLC 5.409513
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 4.301267
British American Tobacco PLC 3.880629
AstraZeneca PLC 3.84185
BG Group PLC 3.518031
Tesco PLC 2.847322
BHP Billiton PLC 2.62501
Diageo PLC 2.2873
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 2.089223
Unilever PLC 1.935045
Rio Tinto PLC 1.863793
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 1.846552
National Grid PLC 1.605962
Centrica PLC 1.466226
BAE Systems PLC 1.424969
Anglo American PLC 1.40583
Standard Chartered PLC 1.346411
SABMiller PLC 1.224668
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC 1.062411
Barclays PLC 0.812992
Xstrata PLC 0.805071
Cadbury PLC 0.804741
Aviva PLC 0.799967
BT Group PLC 0.760848
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC 0.746474
Prudential PLC 0.719456
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC 0.686725
Compass Group PLC 0.634486
Reed Elsevier PLC 0.633512
J Sainsbury PLC 0.611204
Pearson PLC 0.600363
Rolls-Royce Group PLC 0.575269
Tullow Oil PLC 0.567122
WPP PLC 0.524839
RSA Insurance Group PLC 0.514972
Shire PLC 0.513088
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 0.50031
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 0.489744
Smith & Nephew PLC 0.479494
Experian PLC 0.465329
Capita Group PLC/The 0.450842
Marks & Spencer Group PLC 0.450337
Standard Life PLC 0.390496
Cable & Wireless PLC 0.382101
United Utilities Group PLC 0.364237
International Power PLC 0.357
Smiths Group PLC 0.345895
Carnival PLC 0.336981
Kingfisher PLC 0.330232
Man Group PLC 0.31302
Autonomy Corp PLC 0.307602
Thomson Reuters PLC 0.293692
G4S PLC 0.283569
Associated British Foods PLC 0.281192
Cairn Energy Plc 0.270319
Severn Trent PLC 0.267025
Randgold Resources Ltd 0.2652
Land Securities Group PLC 0.25876
Next PLC 0.255827
Sage Group PLC/The 0.248191
Cobham PLC 0.237848
British Land Co PLC 0.232701
Legal & General Group PLC 0.230818
Old Mutual PLC 0.230802
Johnson Matthey PLC 0.227608
Inmarsat PLC 0.217458
Home Retail Group PLC 0.210361
Serco Group PLC 0.20622
Bunzl PLC 0.205309
Admiral Group PLC 0.203411
AMEC PLC 0.199823
Amlin PLC 0.194448
Antofagasta PLC 0.191506
Drax Group PLC 0.187585
Alliance Trust PLC/The 0.184364
Rexam PLC 0.182763
Balfour Beatty PLC 0.174799
Hammerson PLC 0.173854
British Airways PLC 0.172291
Friends Provident PLC 0.169628
Pennon Group PLC 0.158808
Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC 0.151437
TUI Travel PLC 0.14087
Whitbread PLC 0.140098
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp 0.139489
Firstgroup Plc 0.137555
Tate & Lyle PLC 0.136388
Schroders PLC 0.135648
Invensys PLC 0.134079
Liberty International PLC 0.128382
ICAP PLC 0.121962
Wolseley PLC 0.121025
Thomas Cook Group PLC 0.102849
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 0.093821
Vedanta Resources PLC 0.082251
3i Group PLC 0.081596
Kazakhmys PLC 0.058131
Schroders PLC 0.043457

[isee]

think 2975 will be the bottom

[Jon C]

That's Numberwang!

[Romanymagic]

funkyol said:

Romanymagic said:

335 (chipped)

Damn you beat me to it, but it is actually 335D(mapped)

due to the credit crunch we are not allowed to use upper case letters on a tuesday and i put my maps away but had my chips out

[G_T]

Jon C said:

That's Numberwang!

Lol!

[MaxAndRuby]

NoelWatson said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Name % Weight
in the Index
BP PLC 8.907248
Vodafone Group PLC 7.199272
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 6.272067
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 5.799437
HSBC Holdings PLC 5.409513
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 4.301267
British American Tobacco PLC 3.880629
AstraZeneca PLC 3.84185
BG Group PLC 3.518031
Tesco PLC 2.847322
BHP Billiton PLC 2.62501
Diageo PLC 2.2873
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 2.089223
Unilever PLC 1.935045
Rio Tinto PLC 1.863793
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 1.846552
National Grid PLC 1.605962
Centrica PLC 1.466226
BAE Systems PLC 1.424969
Anglo American PLC 1.40583
Standard Chartered PLC 1.346411
SABMiller PLC 1.224668
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC 1.062411
Barclays PLC 0.812992
Xstrata PLC 0.805071
Cadbury PLC 0.804741
Aviva PLC 0.799967
BT Group PLC 0.760848
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC 0.746474
Prudential PLC 0.719456
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC 0.686725
Compass Group PLC 0.634486
Reed Elsevier PLC 0.633512
J Sainsbury PLC 0.611204
Pearson PLC 0.600363
Rolls-Royce Group PLC 0.575269
Tullow Oil PLC 0.567122
WPP PLC 0.524839
RSA Insurance Group PLC 0.514972
Shire PLC 0.513088
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 0.50031
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 0.489744
Smith & Nephew PLC 0.479494
Experian PLC 0.465329
Capita Group PLC/The 0.450842
Marks & Spencer Group PLC 0.450337
Standard Life PLC 0.390496
Cable & Wireless PLC 0.382101
United Utilities Group PLC 0.364237
International Power PLC 0.357
Smiths Group PLC 0.345895
Carnival PLC 0.336981
Kingfisher PLC 0.330232
Man Group PLC 0.31302
Autonomy Corp PLC 0.307602
Thomson Reuters PLC 0.293692
G4S PLC 0.283569
Associated British Foods PLC 0.281192
Cairn Energy Plc 0.270319
Severn Trent PLC 0.267025
Randgold Resources Ltd 0.2652
Land Securities Group PLC 0.25876
Next PLC 0.255827
Sage Group PLC/The 0.248191
Cobham PLC 0.237848
British Land Co PLC 0.232701
Legal & General Group PLC 0.230818
Old Mutual PLC 0.230802
Johnson Matthey PLC 0.227608
Inmarsat PLC 0.217458
Home Retail Group PLC 0.210361
Serco Group PLC 0.20622
Bunzl PLC 0.205309
Admiral Group PLC 0.203411
AMEC PLC 0.199823
Amlin PLC 0.194448
Antofagasta PLC 0.191506
Drax Group PLC 0.187585
Alliance Trust PLC/The 0.184364
Rexam PLC 0.182763
Balfour Beatty PLC 0.174799
Hammerson PLC 0.173854
British Airways PLC 0.172291
Friends Provident PLC 0.169628
Pennon Group PLC 0.158808
Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC 0.151437
TUI Travel PLC 0.14087
Whitbread PLC 0.140098
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp 0.139489
Firstgroup Plc 0.137555
Tate & Lyle PLC 0.136388
Schroders PLC 0.135648
Invensys PLC 0.134079
Liberty International PLC 0.128382
ICAP PLC 0.121962
Wolseley PLC 0.121025
Thomas Cook Group PLC 0.102849
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 0.093821
Vedanta Resources PLC 0.082251
3i Group PLC 0.081596
Kazakhmys PLC 0.058131
Schroders PLC 0.043457

Why are Schroders PLC listed twice at different prices?

[NoelWatson]

MaxAndRuby said:

NoelWatson said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Name % Weight
in the Index
BP PLC 8.907248
Vodafone Group PLC 7.199272
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 6.272067
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 5.799437
HSBC Holdings PLC 5.409513
Royal Dutch Shell PLC 4.301267
British American Tobacco PLC 3.880629
AstraZeneca PLC 3.84185
BG Group PLC 3.518031
Tesco PLC 2.847322
BHP Billiton PLC 2.62501
Diageo PLC 2.2873
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 2.089223
Unilever PLC 1.935045
Rio Tinto PLC 1.863793
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 1.846552
National Grid PLC 1.605962
Centrica PLC 1.466226
BAE Systems PLC 1.424969
Anglo American PLC 1.40583
Standard Chartered PLC 1.346411
SABMiller PLC 1.224668
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC 1.062411
Barclays PLC 0.812992
Xstrata PLC 0.805071
Cadbury PLC 0.804741
Aviva PLC 0.799967
BT Group PLC 0.760848
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC 0.746474
Prudential PLC 0.719456
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC 0.686725
Compass Group PLC 0.634486
Reed Elsevier PLC 0.633512
J Sainsbury PLC 0.611204
Pearson PLC 0.600363
Rolls-Royce Group PLC 0.575269
Tullow Oil PLC 0.567122
WPP PLC 0.524839
RSA Insurance Group PLC 0.514972
Shire PLC 0.513088
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 0.50031
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 0.489744
Smith & Nephew PLC 0.479494
Experian PLC 0.465329
Capita Group PLC/The 0.450842
Marks & Spencer Group PLC 0.450337
Standard Life PLC 0.390496
Cable & Wireless PLC 0.382101
United Utilities Group PLC 0.364237
International Power PLC 0.357
Smiths Group PLC 0.345895
Carnival PLC 0.336981
Kingfisher PLC 0.330232
Man Group PLC 0.31302
Autonomy Corp PLC 0.307602
Thomson Reuters PLC 0.293692
G4S PLC 0.283569
Associated British Foods PLC 0.281192
Cairn Energy Plc 0.270319
Severn Trent PLC 0.267025
Randgold Resources Ltd 0.2652
Land Securities Group PLC 0.25876
Next PLC 0.255827
Sage Group PLC/The 0.248191
Cobham PLC 0.237848
British Land Co PLC 0.232701
Legal & General Group PLC 0.230818
Old Mutual PLC 0.230802
Johnson Matthey PLC 0.227608
Inmarsat PLC 0.217458
Home Retail Group PLC 0.210361
Serco Group PLC 0.20622
Bunzl PLC 0.205309
Admiral Group PLC 0.203411
AMEC PLC 0.199823
Amlin PLC 0.194448
Antofagasta PLC 0.191506
Drax Group PLC 0.187585
Alliance Trust PLC/The 0.184364
Rexam PLC 0.182763
Balfour Beatty PLC 0.174799
Hammerson PLC 0.173854
British Airways PLC 0.172291
Friends Provident PLC 0.169628
Pennon Group PLC 0.158808
Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC 0.151437
TUI Travel PLC 0.14087
Whitbread PLC 0.140098
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp 0.139489
Firstgroup Plc 0.137555
Tate & Lyle PLC 0.136388
Schroders PLC 0.135648
Invensys PLC 0.134079
Liberty International PLC 0.128382
ICAP PLC 0.121962
Wolseley PLC 0.121025
Thomas Cook Group PLC 0.102849
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 0.093821
Vedanta Resources PLC 0.082251
3i Group PLC 0.081596
Kazakhmys PLC 0.058131
Schroders PLC 0.043457

Why are Schroders PLC listed twice at different prices?

Not sure

http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=LON%3Asdr
http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=LON%3Asdrc