stock index
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- noun
- /stɑk ˈɪndɛks/
- Specialized
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índice bursátil
- Target date funds are mutual funds that usually have several different index funds in it with a mix of stock index funds and bond index funds.
- S&P stock index
- Poor's stock index
- Nikkei stock index
OK, So derivatives you've heard of, I'm sure things like options, for example, on stocks or stock indices could be on currencies.
- OK, So derivatives you've heard of, I'm sure things like options, for example, on stocks or stock indices could be on currencies.
Examples
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On the markets page, USA Today is partnering with a startup to introduce a stock index that will display the biggest market movers based only on the investments of everyday Americans, otherwise known as "retail" investors.
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The Nikkei stock index peaked late in 1989, fell by almost half in the following nine months, and then declined by an additional 30 percent into mid-1995.
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But if history is going to be any guide, we are at a significant spread between managed futures performance and stock index performance.
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Get some stock index funds, bond index funds, and some international index funds.
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By any measure, the concentration that we're seeing in stock indexes driven by stock performance has reached an extreme.
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The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, a broad gauge of market activity, lost 0.6 percent at the start of trading.
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Saudi Arabia's Tadawul stock index has tumbled 11% in wild trading over the past two days, led by banks and insurers.
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The composite Merval stock index for August 1991 soared 115%, while volume swelled to more than 10 times the previous daily average.
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The Dow Jones industrial average closed down about 25 points, or 0.2 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added around 2 points, or 0.1 percent.
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The stock index closed at a record high of 4,500 points today.
Synonyms
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A number that shows how prices of selected stocks change over time
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'index' (a numeric indicator) modified by 'stock' (shares) yields an indicator of stock-market performance. This straightforward noun+noun naming pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'índice bursátil'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun stock index combines stock (shares in companies) and index (a single number that shows the level of something). Think of it as a score that shows 'how a group of stocks is doing', so people use it 'to track' market performance.