Citations:FTSE 100


 * 1984 Alan Griffiths, Stuart Wall "Applied Economics: An Introductory Course" - Page 41
 * The FT Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE 100) was launched on February 13th 1984 after an initial test period. It is composed of the shares of the one hundred largest companies in terms of market capitalisation, and has a base of 1,000, as of December 30th 1983.
 * 1997 Terry J. Watsham, Keith Parramore "Quantitative Methods in Finance" - Page 57
 * To illustrate the estimation of percentiles from grouped data we will calculate the 90th percentile from the earlier data relating to FTSE 100 returns
 * 2001 Mr. Hali J. Edison "Wealth Effects and the New Economy" - Page 19
 * Note: Over this period Wilshire 5000 fell 26%, FTSE 100 fell 14%, DAX 100 fell 23%, and Nikkei 225 fell 36%