Wilshire 5000 Equity Index

Wilshire 5000 Equity Index definition - finance
A market capitalization weighted index that includes all U.S.-headquartered companies, which number about 6,800 as of this printing. It measures the performance of all U.S.-headquartered equity securities with readily available price data.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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