BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Index
- a standard that represents the value of stocks in a market, particularly a figure such as the Hang Seng, Dow Jones, or Nikkei average
- an amount calculated to represent the relative value of a group of things
Wiktionary Definition for: Index
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
- linguistics A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- The index finger, the forefinger.
- complang A positive or non-negative integer indicating the location of data within a vector or vector based multidimensional array.
- computing A key indicating the location of data or an object, e.g. within a database table, associative array, or hash table.
- transitive To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- Index
- forefinger
- The welcome page of a Web site, typically ''index.html'', ''index.htm'' or ''index.php''
- genitive of indicis
Additional Resources
- Index Funds: Made from Concentrate
- This article states that whether large cap U.S. equity index funds really very different? In this article, three well known index funds: Vanguard Index 500, Schwab 1000, and Vanguard Total Stock Index are considered. As a reminder, the Vanguard Index 500 seeks to replicate the performance of the Standard &...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Index And Enhanced Index Funds
- Dimensional Fund Advisors' investment strategies provide access to a wide range of fixed income and equity risk dimensions. The funds under management are either "index funds," designed to closely track the returns of an index, or "enhanced index funds." Of the assets under management, approximately 90% are invested in enhanced...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- Stock Index Futures Point to Higher Wall St Start
- (Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rise 0.1-0.4 percent, pointing to a firmer start on Wall Street on Wednesday. At 7:00 a.m. EDT, the Mortgage Bankers Association is scheduled to release Weekly Mortgage Market Index for the week ended Aug...
- News items 2009-08-26
- What Lies Beneath: Getting Under The Hood Of Index Maintenance
- For most investors, an index is a number. The number tells them something about the current state of a market for stocks, bonds or some other instrument, be it foreign or domestic. For those that have invested in an index fund, the change in that number from day to day...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- First the index, then the funds.(Credit Suisse First Boston Index Co. and Tremont Advisers Inc. form Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont Index L.L.C.)
- Credit Suisse First Boston Index Co. and Tremont Advisers Inc. in New York have formed Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont Index LLC, a joint venture created to launch a Line of investable index products tied into the CSFB Tremont Hedge Fund Index. Credit...
- Research articles 1999-09-27
- Bending the Rules, Index-Style
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Earlier in the month we highlighted how the credit crisis has been affecting the composition of the S&P 500, and how at times this month the index hasn't even had as many members as its name would suggest. We also noted that given...
- External links 2008-09-30
- Introducing S&P 500 Applied Correlation Index
- Bill Luby submits: Volatility watchers and risk managers have a new index to watch, starting next Monday: the CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index. The CBOE announced the new index in a press release Wednesday, noting that the Implied Correlation Index will be tied to two different option maturities...
- External links 2009-07-23
- Index Fund Management: A Basis Point Game
- Managing an index fund is a basis-point game. Unlike active equity managers, who hope their fund's performance will consistently rank high relative to their benchmark and peers, index fund managers are usually indifferent about the absolute performance of the index itself. That is not to imply that index fund managers...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Anchor Your Portfolio With Index Funds
- One of the most basic distinctions between mutual funds is whether the fund manager employs an active or a passive management approach. An active management style means the fund manager uses analytic or forecasting tools to select individual stocks for the fund portfolio. In a passive approach, the fund manager...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- JPMORGAN: HENG SENG INDEX TO RISE 20% IN 08
- AsiaInfo Services 12-05-2007 JPMorgan: Heng Seng Index to Rise 20% in 08 HONG KONG, Dec 05, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Hang Seng Index, a capitalization-weighted stock market index in Hong Kong, and the index of Hong Kong-listed China compan ...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- BI Index and GSTI Software Index Drop: Analysts React
- The Business Intelligence [BI] Index was down 3.96% on Tuesday, -33.0% year-to-date [YTD], and stocks within the index are down an average of 43.9% from their 52-week highs. This compares with the iShares S&P GSTI Software Index Fund IGV which is -32.1%, YTD and off 35.0% from its 52-week high....
- External links 2008-10-08
- NASDAQ: Annual changes to the Nasdaq-100 index, new index share product on the Nasdaq-100 index.
- 3 M2 PRESSWIRE-15 December 1998-NASDAQ: Annual changes to the Nasdaq-100 index, new index share product on the Nasdaq-100 index C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE:141298 Washington, D.C. -- Effective with the market open on December 21, 1998, the...
- Research articles 1998-12-15
- The Fall of Index Funds
- Financial experts have long championed the cause of index funds. They are viewed as the low cost simple way to invest. An index fund is a mutual fund that tracks the movements of a particular index. There are index funds that track the S&P 500, Wilshire 5000, total stock market...
- External links 2008-12-02
- EBay, Skype Settle IP Suits With Joltid, Sans Index Ventures
- eBay Nov. 6 settled lawsuits with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennstr?m and...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Bond Index Funds - A Synopsis
- The main highlight of this article is bond index funds. The first bond index fund was in the early conceptual stages in 1985. Some of its advantages include: consistent performance, Index funds enjoy lower operating expenses, tough to beat the market in bonds, diversification. However, it suffers from severe limitations....
- White papers 2000-06-30
- Benchmark Index Comparisons
- In the US, plan sponsors, consultants, and investment managers have thoroughly dissected the many popular and well-known US equity indices with the goal of determining the most appropriate benchmark for asset allocation and performance measurement. However, in the case of global equity indices, this exercise is less common. This article...
- White papers 2002-06-30
- CKX, Inc. Added to Russell 1000® Index
- NEW YORK -- CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) today announced that it was added to the Russell 1000R Index, the Russell 2500TM Index, the Russell MidcapR Index, the Russell MidcapR Growth Index, the Russell Small Cap CompletenessTM Index and the Russell Small Cap CompletenessTM Growth Index, according to the final membership...
- Research articles 2005-07-13
- Calvert Social Index Quarterly Adjustments
- BETHESDA, Md. -- The Calvert Social Index Committee ("Index Committee") met on March 19th to review and approve changes to the Calvert Social Index[R]. The Index Committee meets quarterly to review the component companies of the Index for corporate actions (i.e., spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy) and for the recommendations...
- Research articles 2008-03-24
- Index watch
- Index Watch Index 8/01/06 7/25/06 San Diego Business Journal Index 1286.48 ...
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- Index funds
- As an alternative to investing in ETFs, you may consider investing in index funds. Index funds, like many ETFs, represent a portfolio of stocks that track the performance of a specific index such as the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Index funds allow you to invest smaller amounts (such as $500 or...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
