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Daiwa Stock Indices (DSI)
  Daiwa Stock Indices(DSI) is the performance index for Japanese stocks developed by
Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd. and Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd.
DSI consists of DSI-1 and DSI-2.
Contents
1.DSI Categories
2.Outline of DSI Style Indices
3.Size Classification
3-1.Size Classification
3-2.Market Capitalization
4.Value and Growth - Definition
4-1.Calculation of Composite score
4-2.Consolidated and Estimated data
4-3.Value - Growth Classification Method
4-4.Value-Growth Weight
5.Varieties of DSI
6.Index Calculation, Detail
7.Services
1.DSI Categories
Daiwa Stock Indices(DSI) include DSI-1 and DSI-2. Both DSI-1 and DSI-2 have the same categories as below.
Indices Categories

2.Outline of DSI Style Indices
DSI are derived by weighting total returns of composing stocks by their market capitalization; DSI-1 are based on free-float shares, while DSI-2 are based on all listed shares.
The universe includes all securities listed on Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges, TOKYO AIM, JASDAQ (from the end of December 1989), TSE Mothers (from the end of December 1999), Centrex, and Hercules (from the end of December 2000 to 11 October 2010).
Four major categories
-Large and Small
-Value and Growth
Large is subdivided into TOP and NEXT
Starting date
-the end of December, 1983
-for Total, Large, and Small Indices of DSI-2: the end of December, 1979
Value and Growth sectors have been decided using consolidated accounting data since the end of June, 1989
Rebalanced twice a year at the end of June and December
Indices including only securities listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE) 1st Section are also provided.
Composition of DSI-1 as of the end of the of December, 2000

3.Size Classification
3-1.Size Classification
Market capitalization is used for Size criteria(DSI-1: Market capitalization is without minority shareholders; free-float ratios weighted, DSI-2:Market capitalization of listed shares)
Two major Size categories are Large and Small. Large is subdivided into TOP and NEXT
Component stocks are decided by the ranking of market capitalization
Large : the largest 500 stocks in terms of market capitalization
Small :all other stocks
TOP :the largest 100 stocks
NEXT :remaining 400 stocks in Large
3-2.Market Capitalization
We provide, under the name of DSI, two types of indices. Component stocks are weighted by different types of market capitalizations. As for DSI-1, we use only free-float shares (1), while we use all listed common shares (2) as for DSI-2.
(1)=(# of shares outstanding * Free-Float ratio) * price
(2)=(# of shares outstanding - preferred,deffered,governmentholding) * price
Free-Float ratio = 1 - (# of minority shares / # of shares outstanding)
In DSI-1, we use minority shares of TOYO KEIZAI in order to prepare Free-Float ratios of our own name. We set Free-Float ratios to be 0.2 without minority shares in case of new issue, no data and so on.
4.Value and Growth - Definition
4-1.Calculation of Composite score
Value-Growth score
-Value-Growth Score (VGS) is a composite of Value-Growth factor
VGS is a composite of the following 4 factors
A. Actual Book to Market Capitalization (Value)
B. Actual Earnings to Market Capitalization (Value)
C. Estimated Return on Equity (Growth)
D. Estimated Growth Rate (Growth):the average ranking of estimated sales growth and estimated earnings growth
Composite of 4 factors
-Ranking(from the smallest) of 4 factors composes Value-Growth Score (VGS)
-VGS= ranking A+ ranking B- ranking C-ranking D
4-2.Consolidated and Estimated data
Financial data
-In calculating Value-Growth Score(VGS), consolidated data have been used, when available, since the end of June, 1989.
(From the term ending in March, 1989, disclosure of consolidated financial statements became mandatory.)
Source of Estimated data
-Estimated data are from corporate reports and TOYO KEIZAI, and the most current data available at any given time are used.
Definition of Estimated data
-In calculating estimated return on equity and estimated growth rates, average estimates for sales and earnings of the next 1st and 2nd settlement periods have been used since the rebalance at the end of June, 2000, because TOYO KEIZAI began to disclose estimated sales and earnings on a consolidation basis for the next two settlement periods.
4-3.Value - Growth Classification Method
In consideration for relation between Size and Value-Growth
-Regression is applied to normalized Value-Growth Score (VGS) as a linear function of the logarithm of market capitalization in order to keep market value and the number of issues in balance.
-Normalized VGS is calculated from the following BLOM formula.
Scatter Diagram and Regression Line (as of the end of December,2000)


Value-Growth Classification Score (VGCS)
VGCS = Normalized VGS - estimate on the regression line
4-4.Value - Growth Weight
Buffer zone and weight
-10% from the regression line is the buffer zone
-Every issue within the buffer zone has both value and growth weight
-Issues outside the buffer zone whose VGCS is sufficiently high are value and vice versa.
Value-Growth Buffer

Value-Growth Buffer in Style Categories
-Any stocks within the buffer zone have both Value and Growth weights.
-Value weight + Growth weight = 1
Composition of stocks within the buffer zone as for DSI-1 as of the end of December,2000

Style Component of DSI-2
Composition of DSI-2 as of the end of December,2000

5.Varieties of DSI
Style Indices

Overall Value Growth
Size Total Index Total Value Index Total Growth Index
Large Index Large Value Index Large Growth Index
Small Index Small Value Index Small Growth Index
Large TOP Index TOP Value Index TOP Growth Index
NEXT Index NEXT Value Index NEXT Growth Index
33-Sectors, Daiwa 7-Sectors Indices
Other Indices
Large Non-Financials
Large Financials
Non-Financials Total Index
6.Index Calculation, Detail
Universe
-Common stocks listed on Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges, TOKYO AIM, JASDAQ (from the end of December 1989), TSE Mothers (from the end of December 1999), Centrex, and Hercules (from the end of December 2000 to 11 October 2010)
-Bank of Japan and foreign stocks excluded
Rebalancing
-Twice a year, at the ends of June and December
-Style weights of all stocks are decided on the 25th in the month of rebalance
Stock Prices
-Closing price for each stock
The Reference Base
-the end of December , 1983 = 100
Calculation method
1.Calculate total return (including dividends) on each stock
2.Calculate index return by weighting each stock's return with its market capitalization of the previous day
3.Calculate the index for current day = Index for previous day * (1+index return)
New listing and de-listing
-Generally, newly listed stocks are added to universe when rebalancing
-If newly listed stocks are new companies made on a Stock-to-Stock, belonging to the large sector, they are added to the universe on the day of de-listing
-De-listed stocks are excluded from universe on the day of de-listing
7.Services
Data Provided
-Indices
-Returns
-Market Capitalization Weights (data provided monthly)
-List of Stock names, Value-Growth Classification Score(VGCS) of each stock, Weight for each stock, etc
*On the two bussiness days after June 25 and December 25, we will announce officially the VGCS and weight for each stock to be used on and after the 1st day of next month
-Monthly Data: from the end of Dec, 1983(from the end of Dec, 1979 ; for Total, Large, and Small Indices of DSI-2)
-Daily Data: from the end of Jun, 1996
Media
-Internet(http://www.dir.co.jp/InfoManage/datarsc-s.html)
-Information venders
 QUICK(DIRJ100-108)
 Bloomberg(DIDX)
Contact us about DSI
Last Revised: Jul 1 2011

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