The Standard and Poor's 500 Index Is

question 115

Multiple Choice

The Standard and Poor's 500 index is

• A) an index of a basket of consumer good purchased by the typical consumer.
• B) an index based on the stock prices of 30 actively traded large companies.
• C) an index based on the 500 largest firms traded in the three biggest stock markets.
• D) an index of 5,000 companies traded on the national association of securities dealers automatic quotation system.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

The positive square root of the variance.

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Sales

The activity or business of selling products or services.

Equation

A mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions, typically involving variables and constants.