| Preliminary Pages [i-xii] |
| Chapter |
| 1 |
The Importance of Common Stocks [1] |
| 2 |
Cowles Commission Indexes [2] |
| 3 |
Period Covered [4] |
| 4 |
Data Employed [5] |
| 5 |
Selection of the Index-Number Formulas [11] |
| 6 |
Construction of the Stock Price Indexes [17] |
| 7 |
The Standard Statistics Company Formula [25] |
| 8 |
Fisher's "Ideal" Formula [30] |
| 9 |
Criticisms of Well-Known Indexes [33] |
| 10 |
Some Important Facts Disclosed by the Indexes [40] |
| Charts [51] |
| Indexes |
| 1 |
Series P — Stock Prices [65] |
| 2 |
Series C — Stock Prices including Cash Dividends [167] |
| 3 |
Series Y — Yield Expectations [269] |
| 4 |
Series Y_a — Yields [371] |
| 5 |
Series D_a — Dividend Payments [387] |
| 6 |
Series R — Earnings-Price Ratios [403] |
| 7 |
Series E — Earnings [419] |
| Appendixes |
| 1 |
United States and Foreign Common-Stock Indexes [437] |
| 2 |
Common Stocks Included in Cowles Commission Indexes [454] |
| 3 |
Series P_Ea — Prices of Stocks for which Earnings Data Are Available [476] |
| 4 |
Series Y_Ea — Yields of Stocks for which Earnings Data Are Available [484] |
| 5 |
Index of Bond Interest [492] |
| General Index to Introduction and Appendix I [495] |