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[in-deks] / ˈɪn dɛks /




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It is separate from the consumer-price index, another approach to measuring inflation that is closely followed by markets and businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Before 2022, the previous time the Russell value index saw such strong outperformance was right around the peak of the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The changes won’t affect the higher-profile consumer-price index, which is published independently by the Labor Department.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Once the index broke out to new all-time highs, that just added more fuel to the fire.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

In the ensuing two weeks, the publicly traded index of triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds fell by nearly 20 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

And as float increases, so does SpaceX’s float-adjusted weighting in major indexes, which can drive purchases from passive investors.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

All three main indexes on Wall Street chalked up gains Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow hitting records -- while there were also new peaks for Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and Madrid.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

All major U.S. stock indexes are set to gain at the opening bell, while a clutch of European indexes hit new highs as investors welcome better-than-expected earnings reports and lower oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

European stock indexes gained in early trade as the continent’s tech stocks followed Asian peers higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The warden’s library is a big dark room with heavy red drapes drawn closed and floor-to-ceiling books—the kind of official volumes with thick indexes Natalie likes.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Huijin, the state-investment arm that acts as China’s plunge-protection team, stepped back into the market last week, buying broad-based exchange-traded funds tied to stock indices to stabilize the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

A massive tech selloff roiled Korean stock indices over the past month, as the severity of wartime shortages became clear.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Bacup has the highest levels of deprivation in the Rossendale Valley according to English indices of deprivation 2025, external statistics.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

He's only in the door three seconds before he starts spouting some theory about spectral analysis and the refractive indices of protein substances, and he's carrying a big box full of books and papers.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

After stumbling, the Nasdaq accelerated, with its gain in Bespoke’s indexed series reaching 592.5% in March 2000.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 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

The cap is $5,000, indexed for inflation, excluding the government seed money and any company match.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

It appeared as a jumble of cascading windows floating in front of me, displaying text, maps, photos, and audio and video files, all indexed, cross-referenced, and pulsing with life.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

A common practice at Ellevest is direct indexing, through which investors directly buy stocks and create a personalized index.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Also until 2020, for retail investors to buy DFA’s funds they had to go through fee-charging advisors, which would seem to violate the code of indexing.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Thanks to the visionary brilliance of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle and decades of strong returns, indexing is eating more and more of the market each year.

From Slate Jun. 5, 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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