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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
Market value-weighted index — An index of a group of securities computed by calculating a weighted average of the returns on each security in the index, with the weights proportional to outstanding market value. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms
ASE Market Capitalization Weighted Index — The ASE Market Capitalization Weighted Index is a stock index of the Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan. The ASE Weighted Index is one of two principal stock indices on the exchange, the other being the ASE Unweighted Price Index. The ASE Unweighted… … Wikipedia
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
Capitalization-Weighted Index — A type of market index whose individual components are weighted according to their market capitalization, so that larger components carry a larger percentage weighting. The value of a capitalization weighted index can be computed by adding up the … Investment dictionary
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
Value Line Index — An equal weighted stock index containing 1,700 companies from the NYSE, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and over the counter market. Also known as the Value Line Investment Survey . As this is an equal weighted index, each of the 1,700 stocks are … Investment dictionary
Weighted Index/Unweighted Index — Stock indices are calculated in two ways, either weighted or unweighted. The unweighted indices are simple arithmetic or geometric averages. In weighted indices certain stocks carry a greater weighting than others, usually based on their… … Financial and business terms
Fundamentally Weighted Index — A type of equity index in which components are chosen based on fundamental criteria as opposed to market capitalization. Fundamentally weighted indexes may be based on fundamental metrics such as revenue, dividend rates,… … Investment dictionary
Taiwan Stock Exhange Corporation (TSEC) Weighted Index — A stock market index comprised of companies traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The TSEC weighted index is made up of all the stocks in the Taiwan Stock Exchange and each is given a weight based on its market capitalization. Preferred… … Investment dictionary
