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aveshenpillay
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Calculation of a single share contribution to an index return over time

March 17th, 2017, 8:18 am

Good day

I would like some assistance on the calculation to work out how much a particular share’s return has contributed to an index return over a period of time.

I have data on the underlying share: number of shares in the index, price and index weight. I have price data on the index. Would I need more data?

How do I perform this performance attribution to work out how much of the index return is from this particular share?

Thanks!
 
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quantobe
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Re: Calculation of a single share contribution to an index return over time

March 17th, 2017, 2:14 pm

Isn't it just Heaviside of share's return times its weight ?
 
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Re: Calculation of a single share contribution to an index return over time

March 18th, 2017, 11:37 am

has the weighting changed over the period?