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Index

Last Updated: November 15, 2006

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An unmanaged collection of securities. Its overall performance is used as an indication of stock market trends. An example of an index is the widely quoted Dow Jones Industrial Average, which tracks the performance of the stocks of 30 large U.S. companies.

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