In 2008, the Japanese Central Bank still has the lowest interest rates in the developed world, deflation has still not been eliminated and the Nikkei 225 has fallen over approximately 50 % ( between June 2007 and December 2008 ).

** Nikkei 225 for Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38, 957. 44 and closing high at 38, 915. 87.

Linear graph of the Nikkei 225

Linear graph of the Nikkei 225 ( USD )

Logarithmic graph of the Nikkei 225 from 1914 to 2012

The Nikkei 225 began to be calculated on September 7, 1950, retroactively calculated back to May 16, 1949.

Stocks are weighted on the Nikkei 225 by giving an equal weighting based on a par value of 50 yen per share.

The Nikkei 225 is designed to reflect the overall market, so there is no specific weighting of industries.

The Nikkei 225.

The Japanese Nikkei 225 has been typified by a number of bear market rallies since the late 1980s while experiencing an overall long-term downward trend.

Some common indices include the S & P 500, the Nikkei 225, and the FTSE 100.

The main indices tracking the TSE are the Nikkei 225 index of companies selected by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun ( Japan's largest business newspaper ), the TOPIX index based on the share prices of First Section companies, and the J30 index of large industrial companies maintained by Japan's major broadsheet newspapers.

On January 17, 2006, the Nikkei 225 fell 2. 8 %, its fastest drop in nine months, as investors sold stocks across the board in the wake of a raid by prosecutors on internet company livedoor.

* Nikkei 225

# REDIRECT Nikkei 225

Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950.

# REDIRECT Nikkei 225

Shortly before New Year's Day, the Nikkei 225 reached its record high of 39, 000.

Other examples are stock market indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nikkei 225, for which the underlying are the common stocks of 30 large U. S. companies and 225 Japanese companies, respectively.

Subsequent stock listings include Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( 2 / 1988 ), London Stock Exchange ( 9 / 1999 ), New York Stock Exchange ( 9 / 2002 ), and the Nikkei Stock Average ( Nikkei 225 )( 10 / 2003 ).

# REDIRECT Nikkei 225

So, the term includes those who work for government ( e. g. bureaucrats ) and major companies ( e. g. those listed in Nikkei 225 ).

The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1988, is now an internationally recognized futures index.

In July 2006 OSE launched their newest futures contract the Nikkei 225 mini which is one tenth of the size of the original Nikkei 225 Futures contract and highly popular among Japanese individual investors.

* September 1988-Trading in Nikkei Stock Average Futures ( Nikkei 225 Futures ) started

* October 1988-Computer-assisted trading system for OSF50 and Nikkei 225 Futures began operation

* January 1992-The Exchange received a No-action Letter from US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) for Nikkei 225 Futures contract

* February 1994-Trading in Nikkei Stock Index 300 Futures and Options ( Nikkei 300 Futures / Options ) started

* May 1994-The Exchange received a No-action Letter from US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) for Nikkei 300 Futures contract.

The Nikkei average has deviated sharply from the textbook model of stock averages which grow at a steady exponential rate.

There are approximately 113 student run clubs, including: Sports Shooting, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers ( SASE ), Merced Pre-Law Society, Business Society, National Society of Black Engineers ( NSBE ), American Women Making A Difference, Black Student Union ( BSU ), Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Math Society, Amnesty International, American Medical Student Association, Chinese Student Association, Circle K International, Hermanas Unidas de UCM, Korean American Coalition, Hmong Student Association ( HSA ), Nikkei Student Union ( NSU ), Dance Coalition, Distinguished Ladies, Student Transfer Outreach and Mentor Program, Democrats at UC Merced, Bobcat Band, HHM ( Hip Hop Movement ), Society of Freethinkers, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Martial Arts Club, Muslim Student Association, NORML, Persian Student Association of UC Merced ( PSAUCM ), Pilipino American Alliance ( PAA ), Republicans at UC Merced, South Asian Student Association, Taekwondo ( TKD ), The Other Child, Rotaract, rock climbing, and bakery clubs.

* The Hapa Collection at Discover Nikkei

In November 2010, Nikkei reported that AUO plans to start mass production of FED panels in the fourth quarter of 2011, however AUO commented that the technology is still in the research stage and there are no plans to begin mass production at this moment.

On Sawtelle Boulevard, at the southern edge of the Sawtelle area, is the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle, a cultural center for the Nikkei community of West Los Angeles.

The Nikkei stock index hit its all-time high on December 29, 1989 when it reached an intra-day high of 38, 957. 44 before closing at 38, 915. 87.

The, more commonly called the Nikkei, the Nikkei index, or the Nikkei Stock Average (,, or ), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ).

The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 2003 and became part of the Nikkei 225 stock market index in 2005.

* July 1999-The Exchange obtained a No-Action Letter from the US Securities and Exchange ( SEC ) for Nikkei 225 Options, Nikkei 300 Options and Equity Options

, commonly known as TOPIX, along with the Nikkei 225, is an important stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ) in Japan, tracking all domestic companies of the exchange's First Section.

In Tokyo, where the markets opened first, the Nikkei 225 fell 302. 84 points, the largest single-day drop on record, and when the London Stock Exchange opened, the FTSE Index dropped a record 29. 4 points.

Nikkei offices in Osaka

Listed on the Nikkei 225, it has branches in Osaka, New York, London, and Hong Kong.