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A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks, to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. add math Asked by missred - Sat Jun 19 08:39:00 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. An index is a way of grouping securities. A, say, health care index will group multiple companies in the health care sector and track them simultaneously according to the definition of that index. The importance is that it enables researchers to draw focused and exchangeable data. If one researcher developed some theory on the health care industry some other researcher may find it to not hold true simply because of how they each define the health care industry, whereas, if the theory was based on the health care industry as measured by a given index then there would be no questions as to the definition of that industry. They also serve as the bases for index funds, which likewise enable investor to focus their funds on a given,… [cont.] Answered by Joseph - Sat Jun 19 14:01:24 2010 From Yahoo Answer Search: "stock market index"
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Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE)
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