weighting

Definition

Specification of the relative importance of items when combined. For example, the percentage of a portfolio or index that a given stock represents.



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market-share weighted index, market-value weighted index, price-weighted index, total return index, overweighted, underweighted, exante return, Macaulay Duration, age-weighted plan, exponential moving average

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effective exchange rate (EXR)





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