Stock market: Statistical analysis of its indexes and its constituents

摘要

The ever-changing realm of the stock market is constantly thriving under the process of modifications and alterations. Thus, making a profit from it is hard and requires intensive planning. It is in the context of this fact that makes Stock Market analysis the first and foremost priority for any financial investment. Considering the behavioural aspects of stock prices which have a tendency to rise and fall unexpectedly, leads to a volatile scenario. However, to acquire some insight, intellectual wit and smartness to extract the best, a thorough and consistent analysis is most popular and tested way. This paper aims to determine top high performing stocks having good returns under given index that would be most safe and beneficial for investment. Using historical data we were able to obtain top stocks that are advisable for investment. We also verified our results by analyzing contemporary data similarly and found out that the performance and returns of these stocks were still high irrespective of volatility.