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Market Index

Term · Finance and investing · MLC-T-FIN-000238

A measurement of the performance of a specific "basket" of stocks considered to represent a particular market or sector of the U. S. economy. For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an index of 30 "blue chip" stocks of U.S. companies.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-FIN-000238
FieldFinance and investing
ReferencesSEC Investor.gov Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000238",
  "term": "Market Index",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "definition": "A measurement of the performance of a specific \"basket\" of stocks considered to represent a particular market or sector of the U. S. economy. For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an index of 30 \"blue chip\" stocks of U.S. companies.",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/market-index/"
}

Record 238 of 398 in Finance and investing terminology (MLC-0118). Request the full dataset.