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[in-deks] / ˈɪn dɛks /




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Many were likewise concerned that some index rules had changed to accommodate companies like SpaceX, which have big valuations but low “floats” of public shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The Swiss investment bank’s “Turbu-lens,” an index which is designed to forecast market fragility, was at a reading of 1 on Aug. 19, the maximum rate it’s reached since late 2024.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, the expectations index — based on short-term outlook for income, business and labor market conditions — fell by 5.8 points to 68.2.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The index hit its 20-year peak P/E of 24.31 in September 2020.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

It took a long time to look up Sawfallen Street in the index, flip to the proper page, and memorize directions without so much as touching her finger to the page.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Stock traders were even less moved by the news, with the major indexes of the biggest companies listed in the US, Europe, and Asia barely shifting.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

This has been a tailwind for indexes that passively replicate a broader swath of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Sliding shares of chip makers and signs of intensifying geopolitical tension weighed on major stock indexes Monday, delivering a muted start to a jam-packed week for markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

U.S. economic data due Friday include the flash manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ indexes for August, released at 9:45 a.m.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 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

That’s according to Citi research analyst David Chew, who in a note published Monday analyses current investor positioning in the main U.S. equity indices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 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

While this enthusiasm repeatedly pushed indices to unprecedented highs, the sustained 90-day rally left stock prices looking incredibly inflated.

From BBC Jun. 23, 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

SpaceX is also going into the Nasdaq-100 in a few days, which will generate billions of dollars in passive buying by funds indexed to the tech-heavy index.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

Before it could go to the Marshall Library, everything had to be indexed.

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

One such strategy, direct indexing, involves buying individual securities that track the performance of an index while also generating losses that can be used to reduce capital-gains taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Among them: why indexing beats even the most talented stock pickers; the biggest mistake individual investors are making right now, and what a young investor can learn from a lifetime spent studying markets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

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

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

Instead she stayed put and kept indexing the collection, determined to preserve William’s place in history.

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




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