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[in-deks] / ˈɪn dɛks /




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Consumer expectations remained a significant strain on the index, according to The Conference Board.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

A steep decline in the MerQube index that exceeds 40% would breach both the coupon and maturity barriers, putting investor capital at risk of losses.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

That additional interaction time amplified the small refractive index change in the silicon.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Also of particular note will be the German Ifo business climate index for September, due on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

I point down the line with both index fingers and slide next to Ben-Ben.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Robust corporate earnings so far this year have indeed provided the fundamental support for major indexes to trade in record territory.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

All major U.S. indexes were in the green after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their best trading days in six weeks during the prior session.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Readings of market breadth, which take into account how the majority of stocks are performing, rather than just those in major indexes, are negative on many fronts.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Major stock-market indexes rallied, reversing the declines that followed the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

I found some books on experimental psychology and leafed through them slowly, then checked the indexes and bibliographies.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Remarkably, just 2% of global equity market indices are trading above both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, down from 66% a week ago, the strategists find.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

"Any change in the AI trade will have big ramifications for US indices," she warned.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

“Strong external demand, combined with continued implementation of existing investment and industrial-upgrading policies, may support manufacturing activity. But persistently weak domestic demand is likely to keep both indices below the 50 threshold.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Temperatures climbed into the 90s with heat indices exceeding 100 degrees, forcing organizers to scale back outdoor programming, expand cooling stations and urge visitors to take frequent breaks.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Activities or illnesses whose safety indices are greater than 6 should be considered quite safe, being equivalent to less than one chance in a million per year.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

It now hits far fewer taxpayers as the threshold matches the federal exemption amount, which is $15 million for 2026 and is indexed for inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

"We give site owners clear controls to decide whether pages can be crawled or indexed, and we always respect those directives."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Three hundred years later, Gray’s Anatomy by Henry Gray reinforced the impression that the body had finally been catalogued, indexed and neatly organized – a system mapped and fully explained.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

An indexed annuity or fixed-indexed annuity is a financial product that grows your money based on the performance of a specific stock index, such as the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

A simple task be-cause Brother Leon insisted that all kinds of cross- indexed lists be kept so that you could tell at a glance just where students stood.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

As the search indexing of the chat logs is no longer occurring, it is likely Anthropic used available tools to quickly block the chat log links from search results.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Lastly, investors should want to avoid the implementation costs associated with the indexing approach that many equal-weighted and quality-focused strategies tend to use.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

“The problem with indexing is that a true market portfolio doesn’t exist,” Booth says.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

But, he notes, the “average pop has gone down since then even though indexing has increased.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

By late 1966, Elizebeth and William were spending several hours a day indexing their library, at least when they were well enough.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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