Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• MARKET WEIGHTED INDEX
  
  An index calculated by multiplying the price of each stock in the index by the number of shares held by the public. The companies with the most shares make the greatest impact. Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index is an example of such an index.
  
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