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Accordingly, Taiwan now represents 24.80% of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index, 1.28% of the Dow Jones World Index, and 56.55% of the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific – South Asia Index; the previous weights were 21.03%, 1.04% and 51.25% respectively. Based on the Dow Jones Taiwan Index, the country’s total return performance is up 4.28% for the year.
As the indexes use free-float market capitalization – or shares available to the public – instead of full market capitalization, foreign restriction rules are applied to maintain the indexes. The rule states that if a government restricts foreign stock ownership by at least 5%, then the lesser amount of free-float shares is used in calculating the index.
The Dow Jones World Index is a comprehensive benchmark of markets in countries that are open to foreign investors. As the flagship index of the Dow Jones Global Index family, it serves as the selection pool for all other Dow Jones benchmark indexes, including country, region, size, style and industry indexes.
The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index measures the performance of 21 countries defined as developing based on several economic factors, including gross domestic product.
The Dow Jones Asia/Pacific – South Asia Index is a benchmark for countries within the South Asia region, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
The Dow Jones Global Indexes is an integrated, consistent and investable world index family designed to provide international investors with a complete range of portfolio management and benchmarking tools.
The Dow Jones Global Indexes is reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December. History is available back to Dec. 31, 1991. Components, weightings and daily closing values of the Dow Jones Global Indexes are available on www.djindexes.com.
