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This tutorial will show how to view ticker symbols and market capitalization within the Market Carpet.
Market Carpets are good to quickly visualize performance for a large group of stocks. By adding the ticker symbols to the Market Carpet, users can easily see which stocks are outperforming and which are underperforming. Viewing in market capitalization mode allows users to see which stocks exert the most influence on market capitalization weighed indices.

If you are having problems seeing up-to-date charts and information on our website your browser has "cached" an earlier copy of things on your local hard disk and is now using that old version instead of the new version from our website. To fix this problem, you can clear your browser's "Temporary File Cache". Here's how to clear your cache if you are using Firefox 16.0.

This step-by-step tutorial will show show how to change from relative performance to absolute performance using PerfCharts. In addition, users will learn how to show or hide a security from the PerfChart. This example starts with the default settings for the Sector SPDR PerfChart.

Note: These are the steps for Internet Explorer 8 under Windows XP. Things may be slightly different in other environments. Click here if you are using the Firefox browser. 

If you are having problems seeing up-to-date charts and information on our website, it may be because your browser has "cached" an earlier copy of things on your local hard disk and is now using that old version instead of the new version from our website. To fix this problem, you can clear your browser's "Temporary File Cache." Here's how to clear your cache if you are using Internet Explorer 8.