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market-value weighted index — A stock index in which each stock is weighted by market value. A change in the price of any stock will influence the index in proportion to the stock s respective market value. The weighting of each stock is determined by multiplying the number… … Financial and business terms
Capitalization-weighted index — A capitalization weighted index is an index whose components are weighted according to the total market value of their outstanding shares. Also called a market value weighted index. The impact of a component s price change is proportional to the… … Wikipedia
weighted index — An index where the impact of each of the index constituents is weighted, usually by reference to the market value of each constituents. To give a simple illustration, an index of two companies, where the first company has a total market… … Financial and business terms
Stock market index — A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are compiled by news or financial services firms and are used to benchmark the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds. Types of indices Stock market … Wikipedia
Price-Weighted Index — A stock index in which each stock influences the index in proportion to its price per share. The value of the index is generated by adding the prices of each of the stocks in the index and dividing them by the total number of stocks. Stocks with… … Investment dictionary
index — A specialized average. Stock indexes may be calculated by establishing a base against which the current value of the stocks, commodities, bonds, etc., will change; for example, the S&P 500 index uses the 1941 1943 market value of the 500 stocks… … Financial and business terms
Herfindahl index — The Herfindahl index, also known as Herfindahl Hirschman Index or HHI, is a measure of the size of firms in relationship to the industry and an indicator of the amount of competition among them. Named after economists Orris C. Herfindahl and… … Wikipedia
AEX index — Infobox Index name = AEX Index foundation = 1983 operator = Euronext exchanges = Euronext Amsterdam constituents = up to 25 cap level = Large cap mc billion (2007) [This is the actual total free float market cap of the AEX constituents. Because… … Wikipedia
Standard & Poor's 500 index — (S&P 500) A share index which consists of a representative sample of 500 of the most widely held US based common stocks, chosen by the S&P Index Committee for market size, liquidity, and sector. It is a market value weighted index each stock s… … Law dictionary
Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index — A stock index that measures the financial performance of leading European companies as measured by their sustainability practices. The stock universe is the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, which captures more than 90% of the aggregate market cap of… … Investment dictionary
