Many of the big winners included in the S&P 500 index from 2020 are companies firmly rooted in the technology sector. The obvious big winner is Tesla, whose share price increased by *** times for a variety of reasons. While the increase in Tesla stocks (arguably) does not have a direct connection to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a look at many of the other companies in this list indicates a clear link. Online retailers such as Amazon and Etsy saw large increases in their stock price, along with companies who provide crucial parts of infrastructure necessary for online shopping such as PayPal and FedEx. Given the closure of brick and mortar stores in many parts of the world due to the pandemic, the causation here is evident. Similarly, computer chip manufactures NVIDIA and AMD saw returns of 100 percent or more, likely due both to the shift to remote working necessitated by the pandemic, as well as the global increase in playing video games resulting from the unavailability of many other activities.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index dropped around ***** points in the four weeks from February 12 to March 11, 2020, but has since recovered and peaked at ********* points as of November 24, 2024. In February 2020 - just prior to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the DJIA index stood at a little over ****** points. U.S. markets suffer as virus spreads The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a turbulent period for stock markets – the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also recorded dramatic drops. At the start of February, some analysts remained optimistic that the outbreak would ease. However, the increased spread of the virus started to hit investor confidence, prompting a record plunge in the stock markets. The Dow dropped by more than ***** points in the week from February 21 to February 28, which was a fall of **** percent – its worst percentage loss in a week since October 2008. Stock markets offer valuable economic insights The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index that monitors the share prices of the 30 largest companies in the United States. By studying the performance of the listed companies, analysts can gauge the strength of the domestic economy. If investors are confident in a company’s future, they will buy its stocks. The uncertainty of the coronavirus sparked fears of an economic crisis, and many traders decided that investment during the pandemic was too risky.

As of November 14, 2021, all S&P 500 sector indices had recovered to levels above those of January 2020, prior to full economic effects of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic taking hold. However, different sectors recovered at different rates to sit at widely different levels above their pre-pandemic levels. This suggests that the effect of the coronavirus on financial markets in the United States is directly affected by how the virus has impacted various parts of the underlying economy. Which industry performed the best during the coronavirus pandemic? Companies operating in the information technology (IT) sector have been the clear winners from the pandemic, with the IT S&P 500 sector index sitting at almost ** percent above early 2020 levels as of November 2021. This is perhaps not surprising given this industry includes some of the companies who benefitted the most from the pandemic such as ************** and *******. The reason for these companies’ success is clear – as shops were shuttered and social gatherings heavily restricted due to the pandemic, online services such shopping and video streaming were in high demand. The success of the IT sector is also reflected in the performance of global share markets during the coronavirus pandemic, with tech-heavy NASDAQ being the best performing major market worldwide. Which industry performed the worst during the pandemic? Conversely, energy companies fared the worst during the pandemic, with the S&P 500 sector index value sitting below its early 2020 value as late as July 2021. Since then it has somewhat recovered, and was around ** percent above January 2020 levels as of October 2021. This reflects the fact that many oil companies were among the share prices suffering the largest declines over 2020. A primary driver for this was falling demand for fuel in line with the reduction in tourism and commuting caused by lockdowns all over the world. However, as increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates throughout 2021 led to lockdowns being lifted and global tourism reopening, demand has again risen - reflected by the recent increase in the S&P 500 energy index.

View data of the S&P 500, an index of the stocks of 500 leading companies in the US economy, which provides a gauge of the U.S. equity market.

About Dataset:

This dataset includes the daily historical stock prices for Google (GOOGL) spanning from 2020 to 2025. It features essential financial metrics such as opening and closing prices, daily highs and lows, adjusted close prices, and trading volumes. The information offers valuable insights into the stock's performance over a five-year timeframe.

Column Descriptions:

• Price: Date of the stock data (needs cleaning as the first two rows are headers).
• Adj Close: Adjusted closing price, accounting for events like dividends and splits.
• Close: Closing price of the stock at the end of the trading day.
• High: Highest price of the stock during the trading day.
• Low: Lowest price of the stock during the trading day.
• Open: Opening price of the stock at the start of the trading day.
• Volume: Number of shares traded during the day.

What Can You Achieve and Apply on This Data:

• Time Series Analysis: Examine trends and patterns over time.
• Stock Price Prediction: Use machine learning models to forecast future prices.
• Volatility Analysis: Measure the stock's price fluctuations.
• Technical Analysis: Calculate indicators like moving averages, RSI, and MACD.
• Correlation Analysis: Investigate the relationship between volume and price changes.
• Investment Strategy Backtesting: Test trading strategies like moving average crossovers.

Note: 1. This data is scraped from Yahoo Finance by me using python code. 2. Some of the About Data is generated from AI, but verified from me.

Analysis of ‘MasterCard Stock Data - Latest and Updated’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/kalilurrahman/mastercard-stock-data-latest-and-updated on 12 November 2021.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mastercard_2019_logo.svg/195px-Mastercard_2019_logo.svg.png" alt="Mastercard">

Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016 and MasterCard since 2016) is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York. The Global Operations Headquarters is located in O'Fallon, Missouri, a municipality of St. Charles County, Missouri. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "Mastercard" brand debit, credit, and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard Worldwide has been a publicly traded company since 2006. Prior to its initial public offering, Mastercard Worldwide was a cooperative owned by the more than 25,000 financial institutions that issue its branded cards.

Mastercard, originally known as Interbank from 1966 to 1969 and Master Charge from 1969 to 1979, was created by an alliance of several regional bank card associations in response to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became the Visa credit card issued by Visa Inc.

Mastercard is one of the best performing stocks of the decade of 2011-2020

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

Data explanation

High-quality financial data is expensive to acquire and is therefore rarely shared for free. The data set includes about 2750 US listed firm on NASDAQ and NYSE stock market. These all firms have December year end month. The firms names have been replaced with company number randomly. The data set can be analyzed from various perspectives. You will find out the performance of different industry in US in 2020, a pandemic situation. It is a very good and genuine dataset for people having Finance knowledge. It has taken from a financial database and amended for the Kaggle users.

Content

company_number: Just a random number primary_industry: secondary_industry: sub_secondary_industry
dividend_payer: companies that pay dividend has given dummy variable '1', non payer is '0'..
ebit_fy2019: Earnings before interest and tax for 2019
ebit_fy2020: Earnings before interest and tax for 2020
marketcap_decemb2019: Market capitalisation MTBV_Dec2019: Market to book value
totalreturn_percent_ytd_dec2020: stock returns for 2020 dps_fy2020: dividend paid per share in 2020 dps_fy2019: dividend paid per share in 2019 day_close_price_dollars_december: share closing price
change_in_earnings_by_marketcap total_equity_fy2019

Inspiration

Which industry has performed well and has the highest returns after COVID-19 which was still there in 2020 , either the companies in them are majority dividend payer or non payers. Industry wise profitability performance? What is the impact of size of the firms on their earnings and stock returns? The above questions are just a sample of questions, you can analyze the data as you want. Good luck!

Consistent growth in assets under management (AUM) has immensely benefited the Hedge Funds industry over the past five years. Industry servicers invest capital they receive from a variety of investor types across a broad range of asset classes and investment strategies. Operators collect a fee for the amount of money they manage for these clients and a percentage of gains they are able to generate on invested assets. This business model helped industry revenue climb at a CAGR of 7.7% to $127.4 billion over the past five years, including an expected incline of 5.7% in 2024. Despite economic volatility in 2020 due to the pandemic lowering interest rates, an incline in the value of stocks in 2020 positively affected many hedge funds. The S&P 500 climbed 16.3% in 2020, which helped increase AUM. Although industry professionals question the relevance of benchmarking hedge fund returns against equity performance, given that hedge funds rely on a range of instruments other than stocks, the industry's poor performance relative to the S&P 500 has begun to raise concern from some investors. These trends have affected the industry's structure, with the traditional 2.0 and 20.0 structure of a flat fee on total AUM and a right-to-earned profit deteriorating into a 1.4 and 16.0 arrangement. As a result, industry profit, measured as earnings before interest and taxes, has been hindered over the past five years. Industry revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.1% to $148.5 billion over the next five years. AUM is forecast to continue increasing at a consistent rate, partly due to the diversification benefits that hedge funds provide. Nonetheless, increased regulation stemming from the global financial crisis and an escalating focus on the industry's tax structure has the potential to harm industry profit. Further economic uncertainty stemming from heightened inflation and persistently high interest rates is anticipated to dampen any large-scale growth for the industry as more hedge funds take a hawkish approach in their investment portfolio moving forward. Regardless, the number of new hedge funds is forecast to trend with AUM and revenue over the next five years.

As of August 2020, the S&P 500 index had lost ** percent of its value due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Great Crash, which began with Black Tuesday, remains the most significant loss in value in its history. That market crash lasted for 300 months and wiped ** percent off the index value.

This dataset provides comprehensive daily stock and leveraged ETF data for NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) and NVDL (Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares) from 2020 to 2024. It includes key market indicators such as open, close, high, low, and volume data for both assets, allowing users to analyze trends, volatility, and market performance over time.

The dataset is suitable for financial analysis, algorithmic trading models, and machine learning applications focused on stock and ETF performance. Whether you're exploring price movements, developing prediction models, or studying market patterns, this dataset offers valuable insights into NVDA and NVDL.

Key features:

• Date range: 2020–2024
• Assets covered: NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation), NVDL (Leveraged ETF)
• Data points: Open, close, high, low, volume
• Ideal for: Financial analysis, time series forecasting, market trend exploration

Feel free to download and explore this dataset for your financial analysis and research needs. Let me know if you'd like further customization!

In the first quarter of 2020, global stock indices posted substantial losses that were triggered by the outbreak of COVID-19. The period from March 6 to 18 was particularly dramatic, with several stock indices losing more than ** percent of their value. Worldwide panic hits markets From the United States to the United Kingdom, stock market indices suffered steep falls as the coronavirus pandemic created economic uncertainty. The Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 are two indices that track company performance in the United States, and both lost value as lockdowns were introduced in the country. European markets also recorded significant slumps, which triggered panic selling among investors. The FTSE 100 – the leading share index of companies in the UK – plunged by as much as ** percent in the opening weeks of March 2020. Is it time to invest in tech stocks? The S&P 500 is regarded as the best representation of the U.S. economy because it includes more companies from the leading industries. However, helped in no small part by its focus on tech companies, the Nasdaq 100 has risen in popularity and seen remarkable growth in recent years. Global demand for digital technologies has increased further due to the coronavirus, with remote working and online shopping becoming part of the new normal. As a result, more investors are likely to switch to the tech stocks listed on the Nasdaq 100.

Indexes included in the Russell U.S. Index Series Russell 3000®: The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. Russell 1000®: The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index and includes approximately 1,000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 1000 represents approximately 91% of the U.S. market. Russell 2000®: The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 9% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. Index Inception Dates Russell 1000® Index (1/1979) Russell 1000® Growth Index (1/1979) Russell 1000® Value Index (1/1979) Russell 2000® Index (1/1979) Russell 2000® Growth Index (1/1979) Russell 2000® Value Index (1/1979) Russell 2500™ Index (4/2003) Russell 2500™ Growth Index (4/2003) Russell 2500™ Value Index (4/2003) Russell 3000® Index (1/1979) Russell 3000® Growth Index (1/1979) Russell 3000® Value Index (1/1979) Russell Midcap® Index (1/1986) Russell Midcap® Growth Index (1/1987) Russell Midcap® Value Index (1/1987) Russell Small Cap Completeness Index (4/2003) Russell Small Cap Completeness Growth Index (4/2003) Russell Small Cap Completeness Value Index (4/2003) Russell Top 200® Index (7/1996) Russell Top 200® Growth Index (7/2001) Russell Top 200® Value Index (7/2001) Monthly Files included in the Russell U.S. Index Series Monthly Closing Files – RGS These holdings files reflect the official closing positions for all constituents of the 21 U.S. Russell Indexes at month-end back to December 1986 and at quarter-end from September 1986 back to December 1978. Security level information such as returns, market values, sector and industry classifications, and security weights are included in the file. Files are fixed-width text files and have a naming convention of H_yyyymmdd_RGS.txt. Monthly Closing Files – ICB These holdings files reflect the official closing positions for all constituents of the 21 U.S. Russell Indexes at month-end back to January 2010. Security level information such as returns, market values, sector and industry classifications, and security weights are included in the file. Files are comma delimited text files and have a naming convention of H_yyyymmdd.csv. Monthly Contribution to Return by RGS Files These files provide contribution to return using RGS as of the end of the month for each of the 21 U.S. Russell Indexes back to August 2008. Files are tab delimited text files and have a naming convention of CTR_MONTHLY_RGS_yyyymmdd.txt.. Monthly Contribution to Return by ICB Files These files provide contribution to return using ICB as of the end of the month for each of the 21 U.S. Russell Indexes back to August 2020. Files are comma delimited text files and have a naming convention of CTR_MONTHLY_yyyymmdd.csv. Monthly RGS Sector Weights Files These files provide monthly Russell Global Sector (RGS) weights for all 21 US Indexes at month-end back to November 2009. Files are comma delimited text files and have a naming convention of SWH_RGS_ALL_yyyymmdd.txt. Monthly ICB Sector Weights Files These files provide monthly Industrial Classification Benchmark (ICB) weights for all 21 US Indexes at month-end back to March 2020. Files are comma delimited text files and have a naming convention of SWH_ALL_yyyymmdd.csv. Note: In August 2020 FTSE Russell transitioned to ICB classification from the RGS classification. All data from September, 2020 is only available using ICB Classification. Data is current to 2024.

Amazon.com, Inc. was the best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index in the fourth quarter of 2024. Over that period, its stock price rose more than **** percent. In 2020, most companies lost value in the first quarter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but had largely recovered by the mid-year point. What is the DJIA? The DJIA is an index of 30 leading companies in the United States. Founded it 1885, it is one of the most indicators of sentiments on the financial markets. Many analysts follow indices such as the DJIA or the S&P 500 on a monthly or daily basis to have a better idea of how the stock market is doing at a given moment. The benefit of tracking markets The business cycle refers to the idea that the economy goes through a cyclic process of expansion and contraction. Stock market indices such as the DJIA can provide information on the timing of the next contraction, or recession. Investors try to use this and other data to predict the performance of sectors, or even single stocks. Of course, there is always a risk of choosing the stocks which don’t perform well.

Venezuela's main stock market index, the IBC, rose to 533 points on August 1, 2025, gaining 0.95% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 41.94% and is up 466.83% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Venezuela. Venezuela Stock Market (IBVC) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

New Zealand Performance Services Index: sa: Stocks data was reported at 52.362 NA in Feb 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 57.269 NA for Jan 2020. New Zealand Performance Services Index: sa: Stocks data is updated monthly, averaging 51.752 NA from Apr 2007 (Median) to Feb 2020, with 155 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.830 NA in Nov 2007 and a record low of 43.789 NA in Sep 2009. New Zealand Performance Services Index: sa: Stocks data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Business New Zealand. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.S004: Performance Services Index: Seasonally Adjusted.

Israel's main stock market index, the TA-125, fell to 3080 points on July 31, 2025, losing 0.21% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 1.83% and is up 56.58% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Israel. Israel Stock Market (TA-125) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

Indonesia's main stock market index, the JCI, rose to 7538 points on August 1, 2025, gaining 0.71% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 9.54% and is up 3.14% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Indonesia. Indonesia Stock Market (JCI) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

This table contains 25 series, with data for years 1956 - present (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Toronto Stock Exchange Statistics (25 items: Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; high; Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; close; Toronto Stock Exchange; oil and gas; closing quotations; Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; low ...).

Stocks Index: Local Source Base Year: Total Manufactures Goods: Volume data was reported at 118.600 2020=100 in Nov 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 119.600 2020=100 for Oct 2023. Stocks Index: Local Source Base Year: Total Manufactures Goods: Volume data is updated monthly, averaging 55.559 2020=100 from Jan 1990 (Median) to Nov 2023, with 407 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 126.100 2020=100 in Aug 2023 and a record low of 21.807 2020=100 in Sep 1990. Stocks Index: Local Source Base Year: Total Manufactures Goods: Volume data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Korea – Table KR.OECD.MEI: Sales, Orders and Inventory: Index: OECD Member. Data measure monthly changes in the physical volume of stocks in the manufacturing industry.; Data refer to all types of manufatured goods. March, 2019 : Large difference in recent years with respect to the last update is attributed to recent weight change, annual calibration and seasonal adjustment performed by Statistics Korea.

Graph and download economic data for Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) from 2015-08-03 to 2025-08-01 about stock market, average, industry, and USA.