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Market Indices

Term · Finance and investing · MLC-T-FIN-000239

A market index tracks the performance of a specific "basket" of stocks that represent a particular market or economic sector. U.S. examples include the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of 30 "blue chip" U.S. company stocks, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, and the Wilshire 5000 Index, which includes most publicly traded U.S. stocks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-FIN-000239
FieldFinance and investing
ReferencesSEC Investor.gov Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000239",
  "term": "Market Indices",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "definition": "A market index tracks the performance of a specific \"basket\" of stocks that represent a particular market or economic sector. U.S. examples include the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of 30 \"blue chip\" U.S. company stocks, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, and the Wilshire 5000 Index, which includes most publicly traded U.S. stocks.",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/market-indices/"
}

Record 239 of 398 in Finance and investing terminology (MLC-0118). Request the full dataset.